Kosuke and Shingo are buddies

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

--Under "Extra Bases", I found this interesting...

 

"Kosuke Fukudome was happy to hear that the Cubs had invited reliever Shingo Takatsu to Spring Training. The two are friends. "Maybe he can teach me a lot about Chicago and American baseball," Fukudome told Japanese reporters. Fukudome returned to Japan after training in Hawaii, and is expected to arrive in Arizona in early February.

 

--but this suprised me ... "Player development director Oneri Fleita said there may be a surprise candidate for the center-field job on the Cubs' big league team -- Eric Patterson. Fleita said Sunday they have "wiped the slate clean" for Patterson, who was called up to the big league club last season, but then sent home after showing up late to the ballpark".

 

--With regards to the signing of Shingo, I think most people felt that the only reason that the Cubs signed Takatsu, was as a benefit to Fukudome.

 

 

 

 

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080120&content_id=2351567&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

[BCVM22]

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Later posts.

[Mephistopheles]

Well it's better than Matsui