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Cubs greats Derrek Lee, Kosuke Fukudome serve as ambassador during Tokyo Series

Maddie Lee / Sun-Times

TOKYO – Retired Cubs star Derrek Lee looked out from the school gymnasium stage at a sea of children who were about the same age as he was in the latter years of his dad’s Nippon Professional Baseball career, when Lee was attending an international school in Japan.

Leaning in to hear the interpreter next to him relay the latest question from the group, he smiled.

“Good question,” he said. “Are you guys 12, really?”

Laughter lilted around the room.