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Jeff Kent Probably Done, Other Roster Notes
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — Jeff Kent, sent for an MRI on Friday, has not yet received word of the results but it is expected his career is over. Kent, 40, has been playing through pain from slightly torn cartilage in his knee for about a month, fully aware that the continued grind of playing baseball on an everyday basis meant there was a strong risk of additional, more painful tearing. That additional tearing is believed to be what took place during Friday's game. Kent was said to be in "excruciating pain" after leaving the game, and club officials were holding out slim hope of ...

Odds And Ends: Taveras, Brewers, Kent
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Tony Jackson of the LA Daily News is reporting that Jeff Kent's knee injury could be career-ending. Kent is contemplating retirement following the season. He is not signed for '09. ...

Jeff Kent's Career Could Be Coming to an End Sooner Than We Thought (Like Now)
FanHouse — ... NL West, MLB Hall of Fame, MLB Media Watch, MLB RumorsJeff Kent has been in baseball a long time. He has also said that he has zero intentions of going out the door like Brett Favre (you know, indecisive whining that tortures a fanbase). And now he may have a touch decision ahead, if he wants to stick to his guns on that call. See, he's probably going to be out for the season. And it was supposed to be his final season. So, um, yeah. Kent, 40, has been playing through pain from slightly torn ...

Dodgers Split First Two with Diamondbacks
Dem Bums - A Dodgers Blog — ... will show if Kent is out for a few games, the season, or even his career. The Dodgers got a 6-2 win on Saturday to stop their losing streak at eight games to get their first win of the road trip. The offense was led by Manny, who was 4 for 5 with two solo homeruns and a double to notch 500 for his career. He gave the Dodgers their first run in the third with his first solo homerun before capping off the scoring with his second blast in the seventh. The boys rallied for two in the fourth before Matt Kemp drilled a two-run homerun in the fifth. Chad Billingsley got his 13th ...

Late Labour Day Linkstravaganza!
Drunk Jays Fans — ... - After reading this article about Jeff Kent's career possibly being over, I vaguely recalled arguing with some absurd person who actually deemed Kent, who was clearly blocked at second by Robbie Alomar and was traded for David Cone, who helped bring the Jays a World Series, as "one that got away." Then I remembered, it was ...