03-27-2009, 11:03 AM
<!--quoteo(post=25326:date=Mar 27 2009, 01:17 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 27 2009, 01:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Appearing relaxed and confident after missing the first six weeks of camp while playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic, Fukudome was at times self-deprecating, boastful and a bit introspective.
What caused him to have so much trouble adjusting in the second half?
"My stupidity," he said, through his new interpreter.
Fukudome then laughed, something he rarely did in public last summer.
He said he had learned from last year's struggles and worked out all winter to be in better shape for the long season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Seeing some of his ABs in the WBC makes me think his stupidity hasn't been cured.
What caused him to have so much trouble adjusting in the second half?
"My stupidity," he said, through his new interpreter.
Fukudome then laughed, something he rarely did in public last summer.
He said he had learned from last year's struggles and worked out all winter to be in better shape for the long season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Seeing some of his ABs in the WBC makes me think his stupidity hasn't been cured.