A yen for change: You might have missed the fact the Chicago Cubs, stung by their early exit from the National League playoffs, began their offseason chores recently by firing Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome's English translator. Honest! But ChicagoSports.com's Steve Rosenbloom took things a little further. "Seeing as how Fukudome hit about .200 over the last three months, I expect the Cubs to fire the left-handed batter's box next, and the pine tar is certainly on notice." Firing Fukudome might have been a better solution, but, of course, that would have meant eating much of his, dare we say it,