Japanese free agent outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, left, shows his new team jersey with the Chicago Cubs manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Japanese baseball star Kosuke Fukudome, left, gets his hat from the Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. Fukudome, an outfielder, signed a four-year

Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry (right) shakes hands with Japanese baseball player Kosuke Fukudome at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, Wednesday, December 19, 2007. (Photo by Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune/MCT/Sipa USA Stock

Japanese free agent outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, left, shows his new team jersey with the Chicago Cubs manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Japanese free agent outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, left, shows his new team jersey with the Chicago Cubs manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Japanese baseball star Kosuke Fukudome, left, looks at his new jersey with the Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. Fukudome, an outfielder, signed

Japanese baseball star Kosuke Fukudome, left, gets his hat from the Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. Fukudome, an outfielder, signed a four-year

Japanese baseball star Kosuke Fukudome, left, looks at his new jersey with the Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. Fukudome, an outfielder, signed

Japanese free agent outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, left, shows his new team jersey with the Chicago Cubs manager Jim Hendry at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

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