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Evening Roundup (Chamberlain, Gregg out, Kent and more)
Rotoprofessor — ... Tony Jackson of The Los Angeles Daily News (click here for the post) is reporting that Jeff Kent’s career come to an end.  Instead of paraphrasing, let me quote his entire opening paragraph: “This isn’t necessarily a career-ending injury, but given that he probably was going to retire anyway, given that he has been playing with this degenerative tear in the cartilage of his left knee for about a month knowing all the while it could tear more severely at any time (and probably would, eventually, and that appears to be exactly what happened), and ...

Jeff Kent Probably Done, Other Roster Notes
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — ... 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 getting him back in what is widely expected to be his final season. Blake DeWitt will likely get the rest of the starts at 2B, according to Tony Jackson. Jackson also has a list of September Dodger callups, which includes ...

Ten Quarterbacks You Don't Know, But Should [Morning Blogdome]
Deadspin — ... have happened at Michigan since Rich Rod took over [M Go Blog] • Is there really etiquette on fans wearing jerseys? I think that was just made up by some poor bastard that couldn't afford one. [Uni Watch] • I'm not sure why, but I really, really enjoyed this AFC West preview. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The Bengals finally cut Ahmad Brooks this weekend. [Pro Football Talk] • This might be it for Jeff Kent. [Inside SoCal] And keep those tips coming! ...