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ESPN is reporting that the Chicago Cubs and OF Kosuke Fukudome have reached an agreement.
…Update…1:00am…
The deal is worth $48 million over four years.
…fukudome was all the rage in japan and it was rumored that the Padres were going after him hard, but he made up his mind rather quickly after deciding to leave japan…it makes you wonder if anyone else really had a chance…
…i’m certainly interested to see if he can be as successful in the majors as he was in japan - but let’s be honest, i’m more excited to name my fantasy team after him and hear sportscasters mispronounce his name…
i was at the World Baseball Classic finales in San Diego, had 4th row from the field seats in foul territory, RF…when he hit the pinch hit HR, me and my peeps started a
fuk-you-do-me fuk-you-do-me chant…
it caught on right away…and i have a feeling it wiil everywhere…
he’s gonna be DAMN GOOD i think…damnnnn good
Imagine Chris Russo pronouncing it?
Ever hear him try to pronounce pianist?
Just one of Russo’s endearing qualities.
Ive never heard someone so prominant in the media with SUCH bad speech…my personal fav is “pwayofs” (playoffs)
i enjoy listening to him announce the days of the week : “Mondee, Tuesdee, Wednesdee, and so on.”
Gahr-bich for garbage is my personal fave.
I love him and Mike.
I personally like achvoshus
translation: Atrocious
on Russo’s wikipedia page, there is a listing of everything he mispronounces
Even better are the screwed up metaphors like the one the other day describing how owners and gm’s knew about steriods but could not do anything about them. “they had their foot in the sand”
Ree-NEHM-ber for remember. Nitwit!
Those two should be known as “A-Hole and the Hemorrhoid” !
Almost as good as the SNL Jeopardy skit with Sean Connery:
The Penus Mightier for $100 Alex
$60 mill for a guy thats never played in the US?? Even Dice-K wasn’t THAT good.
Kaz Matsui:
Career high homers in Japan: 36
Career high homers in US: 7
Kosuke Fukudome:
Career high homers in Japan: 34
Career high homers in US: ???
Hideki had 50 HRs in Japan. A high of 31 for the Yankees. Power doesn’t translate well to American baseball. Having said that, I was not adverse to signing him. I preferred him over Alou since at least he’d probably stay healthy the whole year. With the anticipated thinning of the OF depth if we get Santana, that’s not a small consideration. He also had good OBP numbers in Japan.
BTW, it’s $50M, not $60M.
Freddie Coupons not interested….wants to keep the payroll at a ridiculous 100 million.
Too late. It’s already over last year’s amount.
Yeah, I’m sure you’ll still be wishing the Mets had plunked down the $50 million six months from now when he’s hitting .270/.330/.430 in the majors. Throwing money around always makes teams better.
Probably better than Ryan Church. But not worth it. At least Church is cheap.
People find ways to complain about anything
12 million is nothing to a team that rakes in hundreds of millions in revenues anymore. I guess they are satisfied having a Kansas City Royal-like RFer in Ryan Church ($380,000).
Freddie Coupons…open up the wallet already.
Every Japanese hitter has seen his skills translate very poorly to MLB. Fukudome will be just like Church, but more expensive.
Take your sanity and logic elsewhere….
Don’t you have a new act, the Freddie Coupon thing is old…Get some new material please, your posts are a waste of time……..
Yeah because that other ex-Royals outfielder we have sucks, huh?
Opening up the wallet isn’t the answer, dummy.
Any shmuck can throw money at random players. You have to get quality for your money. If you seriously think that dumping unlimited money in the team guarantees ANYTHING, then I need some of whatever you’re smoking.
The offense needed to be upgraded, but it’s inexplicably been downgraded this offseason. This on a team that got shutout by the likes of Tyler Clippard and Mike Bacsik last year. Yes obviously the Mets need pitching (which Mr. Autonomy Minaya is not going to get anyway)….but they also need to upgrade their so-so offense which got shutout by many stiffs and rookies last year.
Fukudome is not going to be a big power guy. He’s going to be an OBP machine. I think he’s going to produce similar to the way Brian Giles produced during his 30’s.
Usually the problem is never the player its the unfair expectations that fans/media/the team put on them.
And need guys in the bullpen too, which Minaya has not addressed.
Fire him and fire the village idi*t Randolph- both are unqualified for their respective positions. But they are black/hispan*c and thus the Mets are afraid the NAACP would be up in arms if you fire minority people. Such a disgrace.
You are a jackass.
How was nobody held accountable for the collapse? What kind of organization is this? A pathetic one.
Then leave. Please.
Maybe he will help the Cubs win ONE playoff game next year.
Willie has proved his incompetence and brainlessness for 3 years now- it wasn’t just the collapse and his overseeing of it that make him deserving of being fired…he has been bumbling and incompetent since Day 1. But the collapse affirmed his incompetence and it’s a disgrace that he still has a job. Minaya too. Mr. Autonomy.
But you have to “go easy” on minorities. If the Mets GM and manager were white, they would have been fired by sunrise the day after the collapse. But that’s the world we live in and all Mets fans have to suffer for it. Dumb Willie get out of here.
That’s ok Benny, we have Ryan Church- the key for Wilpon is that he’s extremely CHEAP…that suits Freddie Coupons’ tastes perfectly. Raise the payroll already you cheap b*stards.
Get Santana or I’m gone.