Chicago Cubs new outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, left, and Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry smile during a news conference at Wrigley Field, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Chicago. Fukudome signed a four-year

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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 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

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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry (R) presents Kosuke Fukudome of Japan with his jersey during a news conference at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 19, 2007. The Cubs and Fukudome

Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry (R) presents Kosuke Fukudome of Japan with his jersey during a news conference at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 19, 2007. The Cubs and Fukudome

Images: Cubs dismiss General Manager Jim Hendry

Images: Cubs dismiss General Manager Jim Hendry