Fukudome Signs with Cubs for 4 years (MLB.com: $48 M)

[UMFan83]

Ahhh Fuk, the one player that we know won't be on the Mitchell Report.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Ahhh Fuk, the one player that we know won't be on the Mitchell Report.

 

and likely a reason for his not-newsworthyness

[David]

Heh, the funny thing is, I haven't really done the Geovany Soto thing a whole lot... Maybe 3-4 times, but two of them were in the last two days.

[minnesotacubsfan]

Geovany Soto

 

GEOVANY SOTO

 

 

thank you sir.

 

edit: I guess I coulld do my part and spell the mans name correctly.

[Ryno12]

Heh, the funny thing is, I haven't really done the Geovany Soto thing a whole lot... Maybe 3-4 times, but two of them were in the last two days.

 

Yeah, I'd seen it on two posts today, and just thought I'd give you a hard time.

[DenverCubs]

Not sure if someone's posted this...but here's more of Hendry being himself (on acquiring Fukudome):

"This was Option 1, 2 and 3 as far as we were concerned," Hendry said.

What a guy.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071211&content_id=2323241&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

[BigbadB]

Not sure if someone's posted this...but here's more of Hendry being himself (on acquiring Fukudome):

"This was Option 1, 2 and 3 as far as we were concerned," Hendry said.

What a guy.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071211&content_id=2323241&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

Easter is clearly Hendry's favorite holiday. You got eggs and you got baskets. What more could I guy want?

[Post Count Padder]

Not sure if someone's posted this...but here's more of Hendry being himself (on acquiring Fukudome):

"This was Option 1, 2 and 3 as far as we were concerned," Hendry said.

What a guy.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071211&content_id=2323241&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

What Jim Hendry said: ^^^

What Jim Hendry meant: "I had no contingency plan. If we lost out on Fukudome, we were completely screwed."

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

Jim Hendry putting all his eggs in one basket is the sign of respect that brough Fukudome here. Jim is a genious, while the rest of baseball is playing checkers..he is playing jenga.

[YearofDaCubs]

Not sure if someone's posted this...but here's more of Hendry being himself (on acquiring Fukudome):

"This was Option 1, 2 and 3 as far as we were concerned," Hendry said.

What a guy.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071211&content_id=2323241&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

What Jim Hendry said: ^^^

What Jim Hendry meant: "I had no contingency plan. If we lost out on Fukudome, we were completely screwed."

I remember him saying that if he couldn't upgrade through FA, he would do it through trade. He even said he was willing to give up prospects to get it done. We might not have liked who he traded for but I think he had a backup plan.

[wvcbxl]

We might not have liked who he traded for ...

 

I think it's a safe bet to state that it's a certainty we wouldn't have liked whom he traded for, and that's without figuring in the cost in prospects.

[SouthSideRyan]

Not sure if someone's posted this...but here's more of Hendry being himself (on acquiring Fukudome):

"This was Option 1, 2 and 3 as far as we were concerned," Hendry said.

What a guy.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071211&content_id=2323241&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

 

Easter is clearly Hendry's favorite holiday. You got eggs and you got baskets. What more could I guy want?

 

I like that.

[UMFan83]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

[jersey cubs fan]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

[rawaction]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

[Exile on Waveland]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

Dangit! I was getting ready to post that. Funny stuff.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

 

Tejada, Lee and Wandy.

[SouthSideRyan]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

 

Tejada, Lee and Wandy.

 

Where's the one with bumps all over it?

[rawaction]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

 

Tejada, Lee and Wandy.

 

Looks to be more in the rear bottom.

[bukie]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

 

Tejada, Lee and Wandy.

 

Looks to be more in the rear bottom.

 

I'm sure they have minority talent buried in the minors somewhere.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/50/23045002.jpg

 

That looks more like Houston's basket than the Cubs'.

 

Too many brown ones in that basket.

 

 

Tejada, Lee and Wandy.

 

Looks to be more in the rear bottom.

 

Kaz?

[WindyCity]

soo..has anyone had any success orderng a jersey or t-shirt yet??

 

I ordered a custom 'Fukudome' jersey shirt from the cubs.com store last night. Since he plans on going with 'Kosuke', I wasn't sure they would allow it for much longer so I didn't wait to get an order in. :D

 

can you send a link?

 

 

Here's the link -- Click customize, add the name and number, and click preview.

 

danke

 

 

Unfortunately, I just got a cancellation notice for my order. $*&%&*(^()

 

I guess the Cubs and Fukudome want to prevent anything other than 'Kosuke' on official merchandise.

[Butterscup1679666578]

This is a dumb question, but I've never really bought a customized jersey shirt off of MLB.com before. The lettering on the back is red with white outline, right? I got one for Christmas last year from Wrigleyville Sports I think it was, and the name/number were just white (like the customization preview on mlb.com is). Just wanted to make sure before I asked for my Kosuke jersey shirt for Christmas.

[BCVM22]

This is a dumb question, but I've never really bought a customized jersey shirt off of MLB.com before. The lettering on the back is red with white outline, right? I got one for Christmas last year from Wrigleyville Sports I think it was, and the name/number were just white (like the customization preview on mlb.com is). Just wanted to make sure before I asked for my Kosuke jersey shirt for Christmas.

 

Nope. What you got from Wrigleyville Sports is identical to the custom t-shirts MLB.com sells, with all-white lettering and a stock typeface. The red-with-white lettering is done only on the mass-produced shirts like this one.

 

With that said, you know the Cubs are going to promote the hell out of Fukudome. Very doubtful if they'll be available before Christmas, but I'd be very surprised if a mass-produced KOSUKE 1 jersey shirt weren't made available relatively soon. Keep an eye on CubWorld, as they have some player shirts that I rarely see elsehwere, like Murton, Hill, DeRosa and Theriot.

[Bote McBoteface]

Not sure if it's been mentioned, but:

 

Williams understood that the White Sox made the highest offer among the interested teams. Fukudome simply wanted to be the first Japanese player for a particular franchise

 

I found that pretty interesting.