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Kosuke Murakami?

By Jess D'Amico in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 14, 2008 7:35PM

Turns out sometimes the geeks and the jocks do get along. Sort of.

Brilliant Japanese author Haruki Murakami visited the Cubs spring training session in Mesa, Arizona looking to interview Kosuke Fukudome and instead met a man in a shabby sheep costume and ruminated over pasta in a hotel room at 4 a.m.

His Cubs adventure brought to you via Yard Work.