How Kosuke Fukudome Spends His Offseason

It involves hot springs and sushi. And get your mind out of the gutter.

about 2 years ago Al Yellon 13 comments 0 recs |

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Insert joke about large California roll....

Or how he really knows how to use his chop sticks….

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher

by Musicdude10 on Nov 25, 2009 12:49 PM CST reply actions

And once again...

…Carrie Muskat makes misleading statements when she tries to play analyst:

Kosuke Fukudome … finished the 2009 season with nearly identical stats to those from his first season.

2008 OBP: .359
2009 OBP: .375

2008 SLG: .379
2009 SLG: .421

2008 wOBA: .328
2009 wOBA: .346

Nice to hear Kosuke’s chillin’, though. And those highlight clips on that page are awesome.

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by daver on Nov 25, 2009 1:14 PM CST reply actions

She only looks at stats on the back of his baseball cards....

Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team

by carmen_fanzone on Nov 25, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions

She only says what the Cubs tell her to say......

When she goes off on her own the Cubs make her make corrections.

She is really bad at her job.

by TJ11 on Nov 27, 2009 9:15 AM CST up reply actions

I thought it was funny

that he wanted to have a Lou Piniella umpire moment.

Somehow I can’t picture Fukudome having a meltdown, dirt kicking included, with an umpire.

I’d sure like to see that though.

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Nov 25, 2009 1:32 PM CST reply actions

There's a video around somewhere....

… of him having a meltdown with an umpire in Japan, but I can’t locate it. If anyone has a link to this, post it.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 25, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah, I remember seeing that on YouTube.

He flings the bat down and goes nuts. I think dragonsfanatic said it was a very rare outburst, though.

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by daver on Nov 25, 2009 2:33 PM CST up reply actions

I remember dragonsfanatic saying that, too.

I just wish I could find the video.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Nov 25, 2009 2:43 PM CST up reply actions

he needs to learn english swear words

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by cooliogirl47 on Nov 25, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions

I dunno

Wouldn’t it be great to go off in a language the ump had no clue about. The ump would just have to stand there and take it.

Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on Nov 25, 2009 11:43 PM CST up reply actions

Year three will be interesting

Like a lot of players who have come over from Japan Fukudome has had trouble adapting. The leagues are just so different, the physical toll higher. I am hoping he has figured out what he needs to do to be successful. To my eye he didn’t wear down as much last year physically or mentally. I’ve said repeatedly that the worst thing that could have happened to Fukudome was making the All-Star team in 2008. He would have been better off skipping the whirlwind, and spending the four day break laying on his sofa.
Here’s to better days ahead.

by Nibbles on Nov 25, 2009 9:24 PM CST reply actions