Call The Wah-Bulance on Jeff Kent
Aug 20th 08
Vin Scully, the hall-of-fame broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, had attributed Jeff Kent’s recent hitting success to batting 3rd in front of newly acquired Manny Ramirez. TJ Simers of the LA Times had approached Kent to ask him about Scully remarks ( and pretty much everyone else’s remarks ), and he had replied with a very comical response. Its even funnier that his same response allegedly inflicted laughter by some 200 women at a Dodgers function as well.
I can’t go into it, because it is probably one of the funniest interviews I’ve read in a long time. And also, he apologizes in TJ Simers next article, but don’t expect the run-of-the-mill I’m sorry article.
Speaking of Manny hitting behind Kent, without looking at the career homeruns ( which Manny kills Kent in that category ), lets take a glance at the stats ( As of August 19th, 2008 ):
Man-Ram – 7486 AB, 1419 Runs, 2344 Hits, 1693 RBI, .313 AVR.
Jeff Kent – 8454 AB, 1319 Runs, 2450 Hits, 1515 RBI, .290 AVR.
Its amazing that he is only 150+ RBIs behind Ramirez. Understood that he has been in the majors longer, but would anyone think that his stats are remotely comparable to Ramirez’s? He did get to hit in front of another great hitter ( Bonds ), but he was hitting in a very pitching-friendly ballpark for nearly half of his career.
The guy is a jerk, and even has had teammates pick Barry Bonds’ side when they got into a dugout fighting match. But this guy is a great hitter, and understand ( very little; I am trying to be empathetic ) that he’s a little upset that he isn’t as good without Manny. But I digress.
Read the f&%king interview. For any baseball fan, it will make your day.
| 7486 | 1419 | 2344 |
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