NL notebook: Kent ponders possible retirement
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Jeff Kent is looking forward to the day when he can just have fun and not have to come to the ballpark. That time could come sooner rather than later.
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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer. either pick up his option or not, it&#39;s up to them. Jon wants to remain a. on first baseman Travis Lee and their 2006 option on reliever Paul Quantrill.
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The time has come, and the answer is no. Mark McGwire may get into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot, but it won't be unanimous. I know one vote he's not getting.
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Throughout the postseason, Harwich has competed with the knowledge that each game could be the last for coach Fred Thacher. The longtime baseball coach will hang it up after the season, ending a 20-year career.
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HIS could be the big one. This could be the Hurricane Ivan of sports, the perfect storm that levels the landscape of a formerly major league.
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Roger Clemens would have you believe that he has not yet decided whether he will return for his 22d season in the major leagues, one that would take him through his 43d birthday.
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Jackie Robinson would have been 88 years old today. Wonder what he would have thought. No doubt he'd be honored that Major League Baseball permanently retired his No. 42 (Yankee Hall of Famer closer Mariano Rivera will be the last one to wear it). He'd probably be happy and surprised to see the Red Sox hosting their fifth annual celebration ...
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For the second year in a row, Moises Alou has begun to say his goodbyes to players, coaches and umpires. Yet he has not decided whether he will retire at the end of the season.
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One of the two managers that have knocked the Mariners out of the playoffs just two wins short of the World Series apparently could get a chance to return the team to its glory days.
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It's June, and another Royals season already seems a lost cause. You know it has to weigh on Buddy Bell . After almost 40 years in baseball without a playoff appearance as a manager or player, how couldn't it?
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CHICAGO -- Nomar Garciaparra can become a free agent after the World Series and will consider returning to the Chicago Cubs, his team for the final two months this season.
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Houston - Jeff Kent sat alone in the dugout Monday, thinking forward and counting backward. As the sellout crowd of 43,045 screamed, waving white towels, the Houston Astros&#39; second baseman began preparing for the biggest at-bat in the franchise&#39;s history.
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All-Star second baseman Jeff Kent agreed Thursday to a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Jim Leyland has indicated that he is interested in managing again. He just might not be interested in managing the Mets.
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Perhaps Clay Buchholz shouldn't be written in as the Red Sox' No. 5 starter just yet. Though he may be the team's best option to fill the void left by the injury to Curt Schilling , the Sox have other options. They could trade for a starting pitcher or sign a free agent.
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The actor pulled out of a film, and may be contemplating retirement.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Los Angeles Dodgers landed a dandy Thursday in free-agent infielder Jeff Kent. Kent, 36, agreed to a two-year contract, but financial terms were not disclosed.