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Article: Kosuke Fukudome: a fan favorite in Wrigleyville: Japanese import has provided Cubs' followers with excitement and hope that a championship season is in the horizon.(Cover story)
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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DO NOT TRY TO TELL ANY OF THE frenzied, flag waving fans sitting in the right-field seats at Wrigley Field on Opening Day that Kosuke Fukudome won't rank with Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki and Hideo Nomo on the list of major league baseball's most significant Japanese imports.
He's only playing in his first major league season, and yet Kosuke Fukudome (pronounced KOH-skay foo-koo-DOUGH-may) is rapidly gaining rock-star status in the Windy City.
Cubs fans have not only already learned to pronounce his name correctly, they are chanting it when the 30-year-old Fukudome comes to the plate. Some have painted Fukudome's name on their chests or shirts or ...