Made another name change? Or do we have somebody else who posts diaries that ramble to no end on this site now?

Anyway--
No, I have not heard about the Cubs signing Kaz Matsui. Have you?

And it will probably be a lot harder to sign Kuroda than Matsui, and more expensive. But all things being equal, the idea of signing a Japanese player to make Fukudome or Kuruda comfortable is just stupid. Money talks in every language, and if a player doesn't want to come here, forget it. I don't think anybody is fooled to think that Fukudome is good enough that he warrants the signing of another player just to make him feel better about himself.

where did you hear this? I have looked around online for an article or anything else and got a goose egg for my effort.

There's a big difference than a beat writer suggesting that they think Hendry is expected to make a 3-year offer and Hendry actually making a 3-year offer (or even actually considering making a 3-year offer).

...definitely foe.  He brings nothing that Theriot doesn't already bring at a much lower price-tag than what we'd pay Matsui.

If we need Japanese players to make the Domer (Fukudome) feel at home, sign a pitcher from Japan and bury him in the bullpen.  Hell, Hideo Nomo might be available...

Fukudome will be a Cubbie.  At that point, the offseason is already a success....anything else could be icing on the cake.

I think Matsui would be friend if the price was right because he brings speed and a backup 2B/SS in one player (make Cedeno and Fontenot unnecesarry) and if he provides the tiebreaker between us and some other team for Fukudome, awesome.

However, now that the Cubs have Infante, they won't be going after Matsui.  There's no reason to carry Theriot, DeRosa, Infante, Cedeno, Fontenot, and Matsui all in the same organization.  Even if Cedeno gets moved, Infante is the backup 2B/SS with Fontenot getting rare starts.  

Finally, I'm not sure how serious the whole Matsui thing was to begin with.  It came from a Denver newspaper and it almost seemed like the writer was saying "Let's say the Cubs were to offer Matsui this" with no backup sources.  I think it was a hypothetical situtation that then got posted in Yahoo MLB Rumors and MLBTraderumors.com so it became news that Hendry was after Matsui.... Ah the Internet!  Some of the stuff on MLBTraderumors.com is great, but usually it comes from Rosenthal, Gammons, or a local newspaper's top team reporter.

Is that the same Kobayashi who throws down hotdogs at an unbelievable rate.....

If Hendry does sign Matsui....I hate to break the hearts of all you with man-crushes, but I think THE-RIOT could be gone via trade.  Possibly packages to Tampa Bay.  I know all you Theriot lovers are going to bash me.  I like the way he plays too, but his value will probably never be higher and TB will love that salary.

WTF,do we really need another average infielder?hendry obviously has something up his sleeve!