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Article: Big news in Japan Fukudome signing an attention-grabber.(Sports)

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December 19, 2007
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Byline: Mike Spellman

mspellman@@dailyherald.com

The signing of Japanese star Kosuke Fukudome seems to have gone over real well within Cubs Nation.

General manager Jim Hendry and manager Lou Piniella couldn't be happier. And judging from letters to the editor and calls to sports-talk radio stations, most Cubs fans are agog over the prospect of Fukudome patrolling right field next season.

Many fans will get their first chance to see Fukudome today when he conducts his first news conference at Wrigley Field after agreeing to a four-year, $48 million deal last week with the Cubs.

But how is Fukudome's move to the States playing ...

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