Jeff Kent Sends Message to Barry Bonds About Hall of Fame
For six seasons, Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent were teammates with the San Francisco Giants. They were not best friends, which was best highlighted in a dugout fight between the two in 2002. Bonds, though, was one of many notable names on hand for the ceremony to see Kent’s No. 21 retired by the Giants.During […] The post Jeff Kent Sends Message to Barry Bonds About Hall of Fame appeared first on…
Jeff Kent paid tribute to former San Francisco Giants teammate Barry Bonds during the retirement ceremony of Kent's number 21 jersey. Kent, who was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame, took the opportunity to send a message to Bonds about potentially joining him in Cooperstown. During his speech, Kent praised Bonds as one of the best players he ever saw and encouraged him to continue his career.
Bonds and Kent briefly reunited before Kent's speech, jokingly reenacting their 2002 dugout fight. Kent's message comes as Bonds, who last played in 2007, faces a potential Hall of Fame vote in 2031. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) did not vote Bonds into the Hall in 2022. If Bonds and Roger Clemens, who also didn't receive enough votes in 2022, fail to receive five votes in the 2031 contemporary era ballot, they would be barred from future ballot appearances.
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