Former Chicago Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome declares his retirement from playing baseball at age-45. There are four minor Major League managers younger then Kosuke Fukudome, who finished up his final professional season in 2022. The 45-year-old came over to the states in 2008 at the age of 31, ready to make his impact as a spry young rookie. Having already risen to the highest heights of Nippon Professional Baseball, Fukudome came to America looking for a challenge in ending baseball’s longest title drought. He was unfortunately unable to end that long standing curse, but in 2008, he helped propel the…