Jeff Kent played the Philippines as the most famous person on the island that nobody was supposed to recognize — a former MLB MVP quietly hoping no one would place him. On the Kalabaw tribe he was a sturdy, old-school provider, and for a while the secret held.
But Kent was a target the instant players sensed he was running things, and at the merge he got blindsided into tenth and the jury. His parting shot — frustration at losing a million bucks to people he didn't even like — became one of the more quoted exits of the era. A competitor to the bone, even when the game beat him.
