Kosuke Fukudome

How Kosuke Fukudome Spends His Offseason It involves hot springs and sushi. And get your mind out of the gutter.  

I've been doing my fair share of reading on this site among others about the Cubs' interest in Granderson and what people think of the possible acquistion. Very interesting. Right now on the Cubs' depth chart, young gun Tyler Colvin is the starting center fielder. As of now, I don't see the Cubs taking a risk on the young guy by throwing him into the mix right away. At least I wouldn't. For those of you who think Colvin is more than ready, do...  

Kosuke Fukudome now has played two full seasons in the Major Leagues with the Cubs, and finished the 2009 season with nearly identical stats to those from his first season, batting .259 with 11 homers...  

Kosuke Fukudome loses this Garrett Jones ball in the sun, allowing Jones to reach with a double (September 30th, 2009) www.cubbienation.net  

The prelude to the 2008 season was not marked by as much excitement as the '07 season had seen.  This happened in part because so many important roster spots were already filled, and also because Jim Hendry was running out of the funny money he'd been tossing around like Matthew Lesko.  Still, he managed to complete a long-time quest to sign Japanese hitting sensation Kosuke Fukudome to a long-term deal, while also picking up key contributor...