Geovany Soto, Alfonso Soriano, Kosuke Fukudome, Aramis Ramirez, Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano are all 2008 NL All-Stars video.aol.com

By Rob Reed Johnson, White Slice, Soul Patch, Vag Face, he of the highlight reel catches?  Once again, like the guy, would like to keep him.  But since we have Fukudome already, who does pretty much the exact same thing, both with the bat and with the glove...as they say in the UK, White Slice has become...

By Matt Trueblood Given the number of needs the Cubs still need to fill (another arm for the bullpen, a center fielder, a second baseman, and new hitters for the first and fifth spots in the order, plus a right-handed complement to Kosuke Fukudome in right field), the organization cannot afford hesitation.

By Al Alfonso Soriano, $19,000,000 Carlos Zambrano, $18,875,000 Aramis Ramirez, $16,500,000 Kosuke Fukudome, $14,000,000 Ryan Dempster, $13,500,000 Derrek Lee, $13,000,000 Ted Lilly, $13,000,000 That's $107,875,000 for seven players. The Cubs also owe Jeff Samardzija $1,000,000 o...

By TAB BAMFORD Because of his age, Dye wouldn't have issues missing games on occassion, giving manager Lou Piniella the flexibility to see what Colvin's got in 2010. Colvin bats left handed, as does Fukudome, so there could be days that Piniella plays the two together, and other days when Fukudome woul...

By Al Let's start with a few players we know are going to be Cubs in 2010: Derrek Lee: .291/.378/.516, 40 doubles, 30 HR, 98 RBI, 94 runs Aramis Ramirez: .292/.364/.514, 32 doubles, 26 HR, 97 RBI, 76 runs Alfonso Soriano: .263/.320/.487, 35 doubles, 30 HR, 77 RBI, 85 runs Kosuke Fukudome: .265/.365/.427, 39 d...

By Kurt So here's my question: is there something so broken about the Chicago Cubs that their only solution is to acquire damaged players and hope for the best?  Soriano, who hardly had the best reputation in baseball, was overpaid-for.  Fukudome, who has not met the expectations we had for him, h...

By Adam Blank(noreply@blogger.com) Derrek Lee Like the great phoenix He arose from the ashes One year too late, though. Alfonso Soriano His defense, ghastly His offense, negligible Says knees are the cause Kosuke Fukudome Like Fukudome, My Japanese poetry... Needs much improvement

By TAB BAMFORD With the amount of money the Cubs have tied up in Alfonso Soriano, Milton Bradley, and Kosuke Fukudome, there’s little reason to think the Cubs will be in the market for an outfielder this winter. Replacing Johnson could be as easy as fully promoting internal option Sam Fuld next year. He bat...

By Kurt Ryan Theriot, Kosuke Fukudome, Milton Bradley -- Two former members of the Questionable Quartet and Theriot are leading the way right now with the Cubs.  It is perhaps fitting, then, that these guys are usually at the top of the batting order -- and it's about effin' time that Lou moved Brad...

By Kurt Pretty much the entire Cubs offense - Hey, so far they've scored 28 runs this series.  Isn't that a little more like it?  The only guy to go hitless yesterday was Kosuke Fukudome, who is unfortunately going to be called upon to face lefties a lot more often now that Reed Johnson (affectionate...

By Kurt CF Kosuke Fukudome - Like Soriano, Fukudome may be untradeable.  With 2 years and probably more than 25 million left on his current deal, the Cubs would have to eat some of Fooky's contract to ship him off to any team. SP Rich Harden - This is a no-brainer, but who the hell would take him at this po...

By Ben Schwartz The Cubs got a fourth-inning home run from Kosuke Fukudome and another solo shot from Aramis Ramirez in the eighth. That was in addition to 6 innings of work by starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano. In the top of the ninth, pinch hitter Reed Johnson singled with one out. The Cubs pinch ran with the s...

By Al Soriano, LF Theriot, SS Lee, 1B Bradley, RF Ramirez, 3B Johnson, CF Soto, C Miles, 2B Gaudin, P Kosuke Fukudome will be returning to camp soon, and will have a lot to prove to fans and teammates who saw his free-fall in the second half of last year. One place he won't be going is the minors:

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 489 - Lou Piniella Fires Up his Team, The Netherlands send Carlos Marmol back to AZ, Fukudome Stops by Cubs Camp, and Plenty More (March 12) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By Jim Neveau 1. Platoon Johnson and Fukudome in center Reed Johnson was a Godsend after he came over from the Blue Jays at the end of last year's spring training. He did everything the Cubs could ask of him and more, and was an integral part of a team that won 97 games. 2. Sign either Derek Lowe or Ryan Dempster

As usual, the presence of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews overshadowed everything that occurred on the field Tuesday night. The light haired goddess' three on-camera appearances and seven in-game reports -- not that I was counting -- brought meaning and purpose to an otherwise dul...

This week's predictions: the Cubs new outfielder has been spared the most embarrassing fact about his new team, the Sox new radio analyst makes his partner forget about last year's debacle, and the Bulls new forward finds things in his massive beard.

As usual, the presence of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews overshadowed everything that occurred on the field Tuesday night. The light haired goddess' three on-camera appearances and seven in-game reports -- not that I was counting -- brought meaning and purpose to an otherwise dul...

By Jeremy Sandler “The fact that DeRosa had also had that little strain in the calf, second base is a little easier for him,” said Piniella, who started Kosuke Fukudome in right. “But the big thing here is putting the good defense on the field, ...

By kjchroust@gmail.com (Kevin Chroust) When Carlos Zambrano led the Cubs in no-hit fashion to their third straight win last night as the Phillies completed a four-game sweep of the Brewers, the National League Central Division race ended. A decision also needs to be made in right field, where Kosuke Fukudome has all but lost his starting role, which I certainly don't agree with. I know his bat hasn't been at all productive since the first half, but his glove has absolutely saved the Cubs a number of times. Had he not been in right against the Cardinals the other night to rob the Redbirds of a couple runs, we would have been talking about another blown lead rather than a close win.   [read the full post]

 WI - Part of Harrod’s research for the song, for example, took him to Chicago’s Wrigley Field. He recorded play-by-play quotes from Cubs radio broadcaster Pat ...

As usual, the presence of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews overshadowed everything that occurred on the field Tuesday night. The light haired goddess' three on-camera appearances and seven in-game reports -- not that I was counting -- brought meaning and purpose to an otherwise dul...

As usual, the presence of ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews overshadowed everything that occurred on the field Tuesday night. The light haired goddess' three on-camera appearances and seven in-game reports -- not that I was counting -- brought meaning and purpose to an otherwise dul...

By Al Six Cubs have drawn sixteen or more walks -- that's about 0.5 per game or more, or 80+ for a season -- and that includes Ryan Theriot, and Mr. Theriot is, at least in part, going to be the focus of this post. And somewhere along the line, both a Kosuke Fukudome -- who is fundamentally sound and also a...