Jeff Kent Elected to Hall of Fame, Bonds & Clemens Fall Short

Former baseball star Jeff Kent, a five-time All-Star second baseman, has been elected to the Hall of Fame, seventeen years after retiring. He received fourteen out of sixteen votes from the contemporary era committee, surpassing the twelve votes needed for induction. Kent, who hit three hundred seventy-seven home runs and drove in over fifteen hundred runs during his seventeen-season career, will be inducted on July twenty-sixth in Cooperstown, New York. Despite his success, Kent expressed regret about not winning a World Series and felt he wasnt always recognized for his abilities. Meanwhile, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, whose careers were touched by steroid allegations, once again fell short of the votes required for induction and will not be eligible for consideration again until the year two thousand thirty-one. The Daily News Now! — Every city. Every story. AI-powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.