Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?
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HOF voters are garbage. They keep Schilling out for his political views(even though it might be justified), and completely disregard Bonds’ HOF case just from his years in pittsburgh just because him, Mcgwire, Sosa, Clemens etc. used steroids which were not illegal when they played. Their attitudes toward the media weren’t great either even though other players linked to steroids (Pudge, Piazza) are in the HOF. The media has personal vendettas against some of the guys not in yet. Why Billy wagner hasn’t got in yet is completely beyond me too
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He was the biggest Red A** that’s ever played in the league. Will never get in.
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Because he is a douche
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Because he hasn’t gotten enough votes.
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Jeff Kent was absolutely everything that is being said. A red a$$, douche, etc....That though, should not keep someone out of the hall of fame. As a Padre fan I watched Kent play through the prime of his career with the Giants, and then the Dodgers and he was VERY good. Always a dangerous hitter and hated seeing him come up in clutch situations against my Padres. However, I don't think he was quite on the hall of fame level. The hall of fame is reserved for the absolute best of the best and I don't know if I can put Jeff Kent in that category. Again, a very, very, very good player but not sure about hall of fame caliber.
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Jeff Kent is the definition of white trash.
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He also stole an MVP from Todd Helton so that alone withdraws him from being allowed in the HOF bc Helton is cool af. That mvp results still irks me
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The guy is a survivor in my book.
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@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
He also stole an MVP from Todd Helton so that alone withdraws him from being allowed in the HOF bc Helton is cool af. That mvp results still irks me
How did he steal an MVP from Helton?
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Kent is 19th on the 2B WAR list, behind ...
Whitaker
Grich
Cano
Randolph
UtleyVirtually tied w/ Kinsler
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@SaveFarris said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
Kent is 19th on the 2B WAR list, behind ...
Whitaker
Grich
Cano
Randolph
UtleyVirtually tied w/ Kinsler
Harold Baines has entered the chat...
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@dewrock said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
He also stole an MVP from Todd Helton so that alone withdraws him from being allowed in the HOF bc Helton is cool af. That mvp results still irks me
How did he steal an MVP from Helton?
Look at the 2000 season. Helton beats Kent in every major category. Kent just had better team
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@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@dewrock said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
He also stole an MVP from Todd Helton so that alone withdraws him from being allowed in the HOF bc Helton is cool af. That mvp results still irks me
How did he steal an MVP from Helton?
Look at the 2000 season. Helton beats Kent in every major category. Kent just had better team
Jeff Kent is the worst. Team Todd !
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@abbyspapa said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@SaveFarris said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
Kent is 19th on the 2B WAR list, behind ...
Whitaker
Grich
Cano
Randolph
UtleyVirtually tied w/ Kinsler
Harold Baines has entered the chat...
There are definitely some bad HOFers. Baines is ranked 74th in Right Fielder JAWS behind guys like Shin-Soo Choo and 27-year-old Bryce Harper.
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@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@dewrock said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@dommycals007 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
He also stole an MVP from Todd Helton so that alone withdraws him from being allowed in the HOF bc Helton is cool af. That mvp results still irks me
How did he steal an MVP from Helton?
Look at the 2000 season. Helton beats Kent in every major category. Kent just had better team
That’s an entirely different argument, for which there are pros and cons for both players. It's hard to say he stole an award from a guy that came in 5th place in the voting and only had one 1st place vote.
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He may have been a solid offensive 2B, but he was offensively inept and wildly clueless when he was on Survivor: Philippines, which had perhaps the weakest casts in the history of the series. If you get trounced by a guy who fell faceass first into a fire, then you don’t deserve to be on the show or in the Hall.
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@abbyspapa said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
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Did Harold Baines play 2B?
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I think he was just overlooked because Clark Kent did so many great things. When you live in the shadow of a famous relative like that, even an MVP seems like a small accomplishment.
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@SaveFarris said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
@abbyspapa said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
Harold Baines has entered the chat...
Did Harold Baines play 2B?
Nah, he realized you didn't even need to play a fielding position to get elected.
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@DeadPhish1976 said in Why isnt Jeff Kent in the HOF?:
Jeff Kent was absolutely everything that is being said. A red a$$, douche, etc....That though, should not keep someone out of the hall of fame. As a Padre fan I watched Kent play through the prime of his career with the Giants, and then the Dodgers and he was VERY good. Always a dangerous hitter and hated seeing him come up in clutch situations against my Padres. However, I don't think he was quite on the hall of fame level. The hall of fame is reserved for the absolute best of the best and I don't know if I can put Jeff Kent in that category. Again, a very, very, very good player but not sure about hall of fame caliber.
I look at the Hall the same way. I only want the truly greats to be enshrined. Having said that, if Kent were to some day make it in I wouldn't feel the need to grab pitchforks and torches.
