Fukudome article - (Discusses his weaknesses)

[Wrigley Rat]

Interesting article about Fukudome just posted online from Daily Yomiuri Online:

 

- "Fukudome botched plays no matter where the Dragons tried to hide him."

- "Also, even now he looks clueless at times against offspeed pitching."

- "Fukudome didn't just struggle with the change, he looked bad--like he'd never seen one before. "So what happens when he faces guys that rush it up there a bit more and then drop a change, or guys like [Greg] Maddux and [Tom] Glavine?"

- (Most of the article talks about the Cubs advertising campaign.)

 

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20080130TDY24301.htm

[SouthSideRyan]

Seems like quite an impressive smear campaign.

[CubColtPacer]

Interesting article about Fukudome just posted online from Daily Yomiuri Online:

 

- "Fukudome botched plays no matter where the Dragons tried to hide him."

- "Also, even now he looks clueless at times against offspeed pitching."

- "Fukudome didn't just struggle with the change, he looked bad--like he'd never seen one before. "So what happens when he faces guys that rush it up there a bit more and then drop a change, or guys like [Greg] Maddux and [Tom] Glavine?"

- (Most of the article talks about the Cubs advertising campaign.)

 

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The one good thing is that his defensive struggles are when he was an infielder, and they say he's much better as an outfielder.

 

As for the changeup, we'll have to wait and see. It wouldn't shock me at all to see that he struggles against the change. Hopefully that's the main offspeed pitch he struggles with, and his high walk rate shows that he can lay off of the other breaking balls. There aren't that many MLB pitchers who throw a good change.

[Mephistopheles]

i dont think hell have a problem with the changeup, curve or anything like that. He's going to have problems with a two seam fastball.

[Mephistopheles]

for the record, any person who walks a lot is going to be described as looking bad on more than one occasion. that does not mean he cannot hit the changeup. idiot writers arent that smart.

[Rob]

i dont think hell have a problem with the changeup, curve or anything like that. He's going to have problems with a two seam fastball.

 

But boy oh boy, he is going to own that shuuto.

[treebird]

man, with smears like that you'd think he was on his way out of chicago instead of in

[Rob]

man, with smears like that you'd think he was on his way out of chicago instead of in

 

Zing!

[hardcorecubfan]

Let's hope this motivates him to show thme that they have lost and MVP.

 

My dream is Lee, ARam, and Fukudome fighting it out for the league MVP come the last game