Jensen attended Skyline High School in Oakland, California. The San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) selected Jensen in the first round, with the 33rd overall selection, of the 1990 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 1996. Though he was labeled the Giants\' "catcher of the future", he struggled, and was traded to the Detroit Tigers in July 1997 in exchange for Brian Johnson. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1998, the St. Louis Cardinals in 1999, the Minnesota Twins in 2000, the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers in 2001, and the Brewers in 2002.\n', '

Jensen played for the United States national baseball team in the 1999 Pan American Games, and the 2000 Summer Olympics.\n', '

Jensen also spent time in the New York Yankees organization in 2003, the independent Golden Baseball League from 2005 to 2006.\n', '

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