Former SF Giants MVP Jeff Kent inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame; Bonds left out

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds formed one of the great one-two punches in Giants history during their six seasons as teammates in San Francisco. One of them is bound for Cooperstown; the other remains an outsider.

Kent, the all-time leader in home runs by a second baseman, earned a stunning election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday evening as part of the Contemporary Baseball Era Ballot. Bonds, the single-season and all-time home run king, not only once again fell well short of election...