Fukudome embraces All-Star honor
Published 7/14/2008 by Jason Beck at Major League Baseball News
While Hideki Matsui prepares for his eighth All-Star Game, Kosuke Fukudome will ready for his first. And in the process, the Cubs rookie will become the first player from Japan to crack the National League's All-Star lineup since Hideo Nomo started on the mound in the 1995 Midsummer Classic.
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