[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

This Iraq business has been so dominant of late, I had no idea Kent was an Astro.

[Tall_Texan]

Kent owns a ranch near Austin and chose a reduced contract in order to play close to home. Besides, if you made MVP money, would you want your tax bite to be figured from Texas or San Francisco?

[catfish1957]

Yeah, Jeff Kent is an Astro, and probably the most high profile free agent signing since Nolan Ryan.

I am pretty excited about it too. If the stars line up just right, this may be the year.