Found August 24, 2009 on FanHouse:
PLAYERS: Jeff Kent
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays

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by Jeff FletcherFiled under: GiantsJeff Kent, now retired and preparing to be immortalized on the Giants' Wall of Fame on Saturday, got a few things off his chest on Monday."I am embarrassed by the era that I participated in because of the steroids," Kent said.Kent was outspoken throughout his career, which ran from 1992-2008, about steroid-use in baseball, mostly after he left San Francisco, which was arguably the epicenter of the steroid era. He continues to assert that the problem was widespread, more widespread than a list of 104 names."You'll never find all the cheaters in the game that used steroids," he said in a conference call with reporters. "This 100-player list, if you find out the list, which I imagine you guys will work hard to find, you will never find them all. To say that's the only list of the players who did steroids in the game is wrong."Jeff Kent 'Embarrassed' By Steroid Era originally appeared on Fanhouse MLB Blog on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:23:00 EST . Please see ...
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