Editing Geoff Jenkins (section)

===Milwaukee Brewers===
[[Image:Geoff Jenkins Batting.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Jenkins at the plate against the [[Cincinnati Reds]] during the 2004 season]]
Jenkins made his major league debut on April 24, 1998, and he singled off [[Orel Hershiser]] in his first career plate appearance and hit a fifth-inning home run off Hershiser in his third career plate appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199804240SFN |title=Box Score of Game played on Friday, April 24, 1998 at 3Com Park |publisher=Baseball-almanac.com |date=1998-04-24 |access-date=2013-04-24}}</ref> On September 23 of that same year, in the midst of a tense Wild Card race, Jenkins hit the routine fly ball that [[Brant Brown]] of the [[Chicago Cubs]] dropped allowing three runs to score and the Brewers to win. Jenkins would go on to bat over .300 in his 2nd and 3rd seasons, driving in 90 or more runs three times for one of the perennially weaker teams in the league.

In {{mlby|2000}}, he was the Brewers' team [[Most valuable player|MVP]]. He led the Brewers in batting average (.303) and home runs (34). His {{mlby|2002}} season was cut short when on June 17 in a game against the [[Houston Astros]] he suffered a horrific-looking dislocated ankle when sliding into [[third base]] feet first during a game. He was safe on the play. He was selected to the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]'s [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team in {{mlby|2003}} via the MLB's [[All-Star Final Vote]] contest where a player is selected from both leagues by fans to join their respective team after the initial roster is announced.

On June 8, {{mlby|2004}}, he became the 8th player in Major League history to [[strikeout|strike out]] six times in a single game. After playing in [[left fielder|left field]] for virtually his entire career, he moved to [[right fielder|right field]] for the {{mlby|2005}} and {{mlby|2006}} seasons when Milwaukee acquired [[Carlos Lee]].

In 2006, Jenkins experienced a prolonged offensive slump, struggling in particular against left-handed pitching. In August 2006, the Brewers benched Jenkins, one of their highest-paid players at the time, in favor of the younger [[Corey Hart (baseball)|Corey Hart]].

In 2007, Jenkins returned to left field to [[platoon system|platoon]] with [[Kevin Mench]]. On October 30, 2007, the Brewers officially declined their $9 million option on Jenkins' contract, making him a [[free agent]] for the {{mlby|2008}} season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3086562 |title=ESPN – Brewers decline Jenkins' $9M option for 2008 – MLB |publisher=[[ESPN]] |date=2007-10-30 |access-date=2013-04-24}}</ref>