Jeff Kent, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

[p]In ceremonies at the Hall of Fame's home city of Cooperstown, New York, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beltran-carlos/E1lYBuQK/"]Beltran[/a] became only the sixth player from his homeland to be enshrined.[/p][p][b]"It's very incredible that I have both of my parents here,"[/b] Beltran said. [b]"We brought probably like 150 people from the island, all family members and close friends, so they're excited, and I'm excited too."[/b][/p][embed guid="46aa680b-bf60-4679-b269-3b1a1981c582" url="https://x.com/baseballhall/status/2081472169532379313?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Beltran, 49, was a nine-time Major League Baseball All-Star who batted .279 with 2,725 hits, 435 home runs and 1,587 runs batted in over 20 seasons with seven clubs, closing his career in 2017 by helping the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/houston-astros/lfZXonNq/"]Houston Astros[/a] to a World Series title.[/p][p]Jones, 49, became the first player from Dutch territory Curacao to be inducted into the Hall after managing a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/netherlands/S4VCKAKf/"]Netherlands[/a] team in this year's World Baseball Classic that included his son.[/p][p][b]"Baseball is my life, so to get a chance to represent your country, manage your country and get a chance to coach my son on the professional level, it was fun," [/b]Jones said.[/p][embed guid="718c199c-bfb4-4d3b-bc5d-f439a1b7cce5" url="https://x.com/baseballhall/status/2081458662514569557?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]He batted .254 with 434 home runs and 1,289 runs batted in over 17 MLB seasons, mostly for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-braves/0UPxbDYA/"]Atlanta[/a]. He spent two final seasons in Japan before retiring in 2014.[/p][p]Kent, 58, is a five-time All-Star like Jones who batted .290 with 2,461 hits, 377 homers and 1,518 RBI. He spent most of his 17 MLB seasons with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-francisco-giants/bRZ9b6xj/"]San Francisco[/a].[/p][embed guid="62467d6a-d842-42c3-b360-1d051fdc3342" url="https://x.com/baseballhall/status/2081449686817296889?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]