vanDoug Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I understand they're the front runner for this guy from Japan. Wonder if he likes playing indoors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 This guy is an announcer's nightmare waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 This guy is an announcer's nightmare waiting to happen. That is exactly what I was thinking, no way is that his real name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 it is fu-co-dome-e. very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 it is fu-co-dome-e. very funny. Kinda what the Astros said to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Sign him up. I'm just ready for the team to do SOMETHING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 want Kei Igawa for free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Fuk you, do me. Haha. We should trade Igawa for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Fuk you, do me. Haha. We should trade Igawa for him. :):) Funny!! But now I'm reading the Padres are the front runner for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It's official, ****youdome is a Cub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFJF Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I love that there's another Japanese player named Fukumori and the Yankees are interested in him....classic -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yankees showing interest in Japanese reliever Kazuo Fukumori could be a bullpen candidate in 2008 for the Yankees. His agent confirmed a meeting with the club. BY KEN DAVIDOFF | kenneth.davidoff@newsday.com The Yankees, searching for affordable bullpen help, met with the representative for Japanese free agent Kazuo Fukumori during the winter meetings in Nashville. Alan Nero, Fukumori's agent, told Newsday he met with Yankees assistant general manager Jean Afterman on Wednesday. Nero said about 10 teams have expressed interest in the righthander. The Padres and Rays are among the reported suitors. "The Yankees got into it late," Nero said Thursday. "We've given them our medical information and a DVD of his pitching. I don't know to what stage that brings them to." An official whose team has expressed interest in Fukumori said Nero is looking for a two-year deal. It's possible that that request will not be met, though. The Yankees, having been burned in the past by pitchers such as Steve Karsay, Paul Quantrill and Kyle Farns.worth, are reluctant to commit more than one year to any reliever. Fukumori, 33, served most recently as a closer for the Rakuten Golden Eagles. He went 4-2 with a 4.75 ERA in 34 appearances, striking out 33 and walking 17 in 36 innings, before going down with an elbow injury. He underwent season-ending surgery in July to remove bone chips from his elbow. Nero said renowned Angels team physician Lewis Yocum examined Fukumori within the last few weeks in Los Angeles, and Fukumori proceeded from there to Phoenix to work with rehabilitation guru Brett Fischer. Fischer works with Randy Johnson, a Nero client, and tried to help the Yankees' chronically injured Carl Pavano last offseason. "He is throwing 100 pitches off a mound, free and easy," Nero said. One major-league scout, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Fukumori threw a fastball that generally ranged from 88 to 90 miles per hour and a split-fingered fastball. The scout described Fukumori as "not bad," opining that he could help someone as a sixth- or seventh-inning pitcher. The Web site Japanbaseball.com lists Fukumori as being 182 centimeters tall (six feet) and 78 kilograms (171 pounds). The Yankees believe they have interesting internal options such as Alan Horne, Ross Ohlendorf and Jose Veras to build the bridge from the starting pitchers to Mariano Rivera. Luis Vizcaino, who pitched well for the Yankees in 2007, likely will sign elsewhere, and the Yankees will sign lefthander Ron Mahay only if his price drops. Veteran righthander LaTroy Hawkins is a candidate, as long as he signs a one-year deal. Notes & quotes: Andy Phillips, designated for assignment by the Yankees earlier this week, declined an outright assignment to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, opting for free agency instead ... Hideki Matsui, whom the Giants would like to acquire from the Yankees, has been rehabilitating his surgically repaired right knee at his Tokyo home since returning from the United States Nov. 30. He missed a rehab session earlier this week because of a fever and cold, Sankei Sports reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHT STALKER Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 He signed with the Cubbies... http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3151060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbn007 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I love that there's another Japanese player named Fukumori and the Yankees are interested in him....classic -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yankees showing interest in Japanese reliever Kazuo Fukumori could be a bullpen candidate in 2008 for the Yankees. His agent confirmed a meeting with the club. BY KEN DAVIDOFF | kenneth.davidoff@newsday.com The Yankees, searching for affordable bullpen help, met with the representative for Japanese free agent Kazuo Fukumori during the winter meetings in Nashville. Alan Nero, Fukumori's agent, told Newsday he met with Yankees assistant general manager Jean Afterman on Wednesday. Nero said about 10 teams have expressed interest in the righthander. The Padres and Rays are among the reported suitors. "The Yankees got into it late," Nero said Thursday. "We've given them our medical information and a DVD of his pitching. I don't know to what stage that brings them to." An official whose team has expressed interest in Fukumori said Nero is looking for a two-year deal. It's possible that that request will not be met, though. The Yankees, having been burned in the past by pitchers such as Steve Karsay, Paul Quantrill and Kyle Farns.worth, are reluctant to commit more than one year to any reliever. Fukumori, 33, served most recently as a closer for the Rakuten Golden Eagles. He went 4-2 with a 4.75 ERA in 34 appearances, striking out 33 and walking 17 in 36 innings, before going down with an elbow injury. He underwent season-ending surgery in July to remove bone chips from his elbow. Nero said renowned Angels team physician Lewis Yocum examined Fukumori within the last few weeks in Los Angeles, and Fukumori proceeded from there to Phoenix to work with rehabilitation guru Brett Fischer. Fischer works with Randy Johnson, a Nero client, and tried to help the Yankees' chronically injured Carl Pavano last offseason. "He is throwing 100 pitches off a mound, free and easy," Nero said. One major-league scout, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Fukumori threw a fastball that generally ranged from 88 to 90 miles per hour and a split-fingered fastball. The scout described Fukumori as "not bad," opining that he could help someone as a sixth- or seventh-inning pitcher. The Web site Japanbaseball.com lists Fukumori as being 182 centimeters tall (six feet) and 78 kilograms (171 pounds). Don't know much about him, but his team in Japan is horrible. So maybe his stats are negatively effected by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanDoug Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 It's official, ****youdome is a Cub. This is very good news. I'll press my luck and ask for a healthy Prior in the rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Don't know much about him, but his team in Japan is horrible. So maybe his stats are negatively effected by that. haha we can only hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 its all pending a physical, 12 mill a year is alot for an unproven commodity (How much are we giving Igawa again? lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbn007 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 its all pending a physical, 12 mill a year is alot for an unproven commodity (How much are we giving Igawa again? lol) Japanese hitters, and relief pitchers can translate to MLB baseball a lot better then a starting pitcher can. In Japan, starters pitch every 6th day, the season is 130 games, and there is only 1 round of post-season play. When starters come across the ocean to America, the length of the season, and the extra workload negatively affects them. A relief pitcher pitches n relief all over the place. 1 or 2 innings at a time, 2-3 days a week. Maybe in the States, you need to give the Japanese relief pitcher a longer blow come July and August, but otherwise, he should be able to physically hold up here quite well. Hitters, the Baseball itself is wound differently, and the stadiums are configured differently. So maybe power hitters will see less power in the USA. But otherwise, they should be OK here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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