Jeff Kent will take at least one secret to his grave
During a 50-minute conference call Monday in advance of his induction into the Giants Wall of Fame on Saturday, former Giants great Jeff Kent discussed steroids (”You’ll never find all the cheats who used” them); his years with the Dodgers (”The bridge probably burned when I went to Los Angeles”); and his relationship with Barry Bonds (”We just didn’t click”), who moderated the call. Not really, though that would’ve been fun. You can find some more choice quotes here.
The most interesting question posed to Kent concerned the broken wrist he suffered during spring training in 2002. Police records suggested Kent injured himself while doing a wheelie on a motorcycle, while Kent told team officials it occurred while he was washing his truck. Riiiight. “”I don’t think anybody knows the real story,” Kent said Monday. “That’s what’s so comical. That was one of my better years. That didn’t define my career. … It will always stay a secret.”
Well, that’s no fun. Guess we’ll just have to go on continuing to believe that he injured the wrist while opening a tightly sealed bottle of ‘roids for BFF Barry.
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After last year’s first-round loss to Anaheim, Evgeni Nabokov looked at himself in the mirror and said, “That wasn’t good enough.” Then he asked, “Who’s the fairest of them all?” Merc
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By Scott on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 6:00 am.
Tags: Cal Golden Bears, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks