Bleed Cubbie Blue: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:





Fukudome is a Cub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/cs-071211cubs,1,1236143.story?coll=cs-h ome-headlines

Here is the URL on the Chicago Tribune website.  We all better learn to pronounce his name.

Sad to hear the part in here about the Cubs probably non-tendering Mark Prior.  I have a feeling that may come back to haunt us.

Go Cubs!!!

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, or Al Yellon, editor-in-chief. FanPost opinions are, however, valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

0 recs | Comment 16 comments

Story-email Email | Print |

Comments

Display:

i just saw
they signed him on the ticker on espn news

by massey1984 on Dec 11, 2007 11:59 PM CST   0 recs

I just saw it on ESPN News channel.
This ought to liven the place up! :)
"I lof to hit de home ron!"

by Tekboy on Dec 12, 2007 12:19 AM CST   0 recs

HEY!!
We got our guy!!!
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Dec 12, 2007 12:21 AM CST   0 recs

This is great news
And I'm truly excited about this.

But we should remember--this guy isn't Ichiro and he's not Hideki Matsui.  Keith Law compares him to Bobby Abreu, and I'd honestly be stoked if he turned out like Bobby Abreu.

He's not likely to be a superstar like Ichiro.  But he's a quality player and he fits our needs perfectly.  Bat him in the two hole behind Soriano (assuming Fonzie still wants to lead off) and that gives us a lineup as good as any in the National League.

You could bat him in the five hole, but that wastes his OBP a bit.

(Of course, acquiring Brian Roberts would change all that, and likely move Soriano to the five hole where he really belongs.)

  1. Soriano LF
  2. Fukudome RF
  3. Lee 1B
  4. Ramirez 3B
  5. DeRosa 2B
  6. Pie CF
  7. Soto C
  8. Theriot SS
Something like that.

Against lefties Pie sits and Murton moves into the lineup.

The artist formerly known as JoshinLA

by Josh77 on Dec 12, 2007 12:39 AM CST   0 recs

Soto really ought to bat higher...
...than Pie, and probably higher than DeRosa.
FREE CARMEN PIGNATIELLO!

by cwyers on Dec 12, 2007 12:50 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Agreed
He should be at least 6th in that lineup.
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. - Robert McCloskey

by pageian on Dec 12, 2007 12:53 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Probably
but I imagine that Piniella will be reluctant to bat a rookie that high.

And he'd bat behind Pie in order to break up the run of right handers.  Piniella likes that.

The artist formerly known as JoshinLA

by Josh77 on Dec 12, 2007 12:53 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Sweet!!!!
If he turns out to be the real thing we could have a pretty nice lineup, especially if Soto doesn't regress and if Pie finds it.  Personally I'm still in favor of Brian Roberts.  DeRosa's bat doesn't play as well in right field but why not move him to short instead?  Replace Theriot with Pie in that scenario?  Either way, sounds good to me.  Too much to think about now, I'm just glad we got KFuk.  Now when someone says "F*ck the Cubs!" I'll say "Hell Yeah!!!"
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. - Robert McCloskey

by pageian on Dec 12, 2007 12:52 AM CST   0 recs

We'd be sacrificing
too much defense putting DeRosa at short, IMO.

DeRosa came up as a shortstop, but he got moved off that position for a reason.  I think he can still play it once in a while, but to make him the everyday SS would really be hurting our pitching staff.

Yeah, I know.  It's still a problem in that Theriot is really more of a backup than a starter, but the only other shortstop we have is Ronny Cedeno.  Getting Roberts doesn't solve that problem, although it gives us another great bat.

If we get Roberts now, then DeRosa moves to right, Fukudome moves to center and we're stretching defensively everywhere (although DeRosa's a good right fielder, actually.)

But Soriano, Pie and Fukudome gives us a top-notch defensive outfield, which should help our pitching staff.

Hey! You know, Fukudome came up as a shortstop!

The artist formerly known as JoshinLA

by Josh77 on Dec 12, 2007 1:01 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

DeRo at SS
The reason that DeRo was "moved" off of SS was Furcal's bat, not his glove.  Furcal was not that good of a SS when he first came up.  In fact, Bobby Cox moved Furcal to 2B in order to insert DeRo at SS in 2002.  DeRo proceeded to tear up his ankle 10 games later and end up on the DL for 2 months.  Bobby's statement was that he liked that arrangement and had planned to stick with it.  Furcal moved back to SS, because Bobby had only 2Bmen with which to replace DeRo.  Furcal didn't really become a good defensive SS until his last two years in Atlanta.
"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Dec 12, 2007 1:16 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

All together now...
FOO-KOO-DOH-MAY!

FOO-KOO-DOH-MAY!

FOO-KOO-DOH-MAY!

I'm not afraid of anything. to be honest with you, I kicked some dirt on a guy and that was it.

by bmeteor on Dec 12, 2007 1:07 AM CST   0 recs

Gesundheit
n/t
The artist formerly known as JoshinLA

by Josh77 on Dec 12, 2007 1:25 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Robothal
Loves the signing.  Likes it even better if he's accompanied by Brian Roberts or Chone Figgins.
The artist formerly known as JoshinLA

by Josh77 on Dec 12, 2007 1:46 AM CST   0 recs

Makes me a little nervous
Down in that article it mentions how the Reds are pushing hard for both Haren and Bedard. If they get one of those guys, that is gonna be a pretty darn good rotation to go with a good offense and solid closer.

The Reds could be really good in '08.

by WittyUserName on Dec 12, 2007 2:13 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

HELL YEA!!!!
about time

by Kchance on Dec 12, 2007 1:51 AM CST   0 recs

*smile*
Now that is a way to cheer up my spirits with all this snow and cold......... ponder next years baseball line up!!!!!

by Madison Cub Fan on Dec 12, 2007 2:38 AM CST   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to Bleed Cubbie Blue, the Chicago Cubs blog for the SB Nation, created on February 9, 2005 by Al Yellon

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

T206_brown_small
Minor League Wrap--July 18
T206_brown_small
Minor League Wrap--July 17
T206_brown_small
Minor League Wrap--July 16
T206_brown_small
Minor League Wrap--July 15
T206_brown_small
Minor League Wrap--July 14

Recent FanPosts

Small
Don't Look Back....
Small
Huston Street to the Brewers?
Small
Cubs Vs Yankees today
110147271_9b17332b8a_small
Dome's diary - July 18th edition from ASG
Yelloncard_small
BCB Reader Little Rock Ryno Fan Dies
Harry_small
Cubs vs. White Sox
Cubs-logo_small
Best Rotation in the Bigs? (POLL)
Calvin_small
The NCAA is taking lessons from MLB
Dsc02094_small
OT: CSN broadcasts and my HDTV
Th_ghana4_small
Should Huston Street be our Howry replacement?

Post_icon New FanPost All FanPosts Carrot-mini

Google Ads

FanShots

Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.

Recommended FanShots

SP Rich Harden makes his Cubs debut at Wrigley Field.

Recent FanShots

I was messing around with an image stitching app and came up with this extreme widescreen view of Wrigley (a Dodger game in 2005).  I liked the way it turned out and figured I'd share it.

Bigger version here:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/granpa/images/wrigley2005_panx.jpg
Edmonds's catch approaching Tal's Hill in Houston on May 19 (I think), saving a run.
Did anyone see the front page of the Trib. sports section today. There is a huge picture of Favre in a Bears jersey.

Does this totally freak anyone else out? My mind doesn't even know what to do about it.
Boise (A) Hawks sporting 1908 throwbacks. Pretty sweet.
Joe Morgan got Ryne-itis agian
Colbert updates us on the NLC standings

Used this generator that 'false cognate' used below.  Hosted on Flickr
Soriano's Return
Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster's All-Star appearances at Yankee Stadium. (Unfortunately the o...
Pretty self explanatory. I'm putting Dan Uggla and Brad Lidge on notice for their performance in yesterday's All-Star Game.

Created using this generator, hosted at Flickr.com.
Please boo this man.

Post_icon New FanShot All FanShots Carrot-mini

Recent Stories in Ticket Exchanges

Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: General 2008 Season Requests
Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: July 24-27 Series
Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: August 1-10 Homestand

Editor-in-Chief

Yelloncard_small Al

Editorial Cartoonist

Toonmike_small toonmike

Photographer

Dsc_0139_small holy mackerel

ad

Site Meter