FungoMan was purchased in April 2008.  We began using it during our summer season. The coaching staff wanted to get familiar with the day to day operation of the machine during this time so that we could use it to its full potential once we started our regular season in January. 

“The FungoMan is the best investment we have ever made.”
Infield Coach Brendan Dougherty, Coastal Carolina University, Nationally ranked #4 NCAA Division I

“The FungoMan is unbelievable.  It is the only piece of baseball equipment I have ever seen that can actually change a kid’s life.”
Brian Hightower, East Rowan High School, Salisbury, NC #1 ranked 3A team in the state

The HSAA Dallas Angels finished the 2010 season with a team record of 23-9-2. For the year, the Angels placed:

* 3rd in the Southwest Shootout (late February)
* qualified for the Championship game in the Prestonwood Christian Academy Tournament (championship game snowed out - 1st home school team to make it to the championship game)
* 2nd in the Home School World Series Tournament in Auburndale, FL(field of 23 teams from around the country)
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FungoMan LLC is proud to have customers at all levels of professional and amateur baseball. Please take a look at the growing list of organizations and schools that have made FungoMan a part of their practice routine. Click Here for the FungoMan Customer Map
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Read about the man who has been an integral part of the organizations that found, signed and developed some of the top talent in the game: Andre Dawson, Larry Parish, Steve Rogers, Dave Henderson, Ralph Garr, and others.

Who else but Mel Didier, in search of talent, would sneak into and out of Cuba at the height of the Cold War?

A superb account of Didier’s rise to prominence in baseball, which began as a part-time scout. Didier was a key figure in the building of a World Series winner at Arizona, a signal achievement for an expansion team.

A fungo bat is specially designed bat used by baseball and softball coaches for practice purposes. The bat is designed to hit not thrown or pitched balls, but rather balls tossed up in the air. Typical fungo bats are 35–37 inches long and weigh 17–22 ounces. Coaches hit many balls during fielding practice, and the weight and length allow the coach to hit balls repeatedly with high accuracy. The small diameter also allows coaches to easily hit pop ups to catchers and infielders. Wikipedia definition of Fungo Bat

Coaches at every level are developing new drills using the FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine.  If you have a favorite drill that you would like to share, please feel free to send a description of the drill, how it helps your team, and the details of how the drill is run. 

Oklahoma Redwings Star Tug Hulett talks about losing his younger brother Sam in an auto accident 15 years ago and how it has affected him both on and off the field.
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The word fungo is defined by Haney’s Book of Reference as “a preliminary practice game in which one player takes the bat and, tossing the ball up, hits it as it falls, and if the ball is caught in the field on the fly, the player catching it takes the bat.  It is useless as practice in batting, but good for taking fly balls...”

The Bishop Lynch High School baseball team from Dallas, TX has officially “turned it around”.  The team endured a 6-20 season in 2006. However, in 2007, the Friars have accomplished the following:
18-12 Record
2007 District Runner Up
2007 Bi-District Champions
2007 Regional Champions

Head Coach Seane Parker attributes his team’s hard work, and the FungoMan FM-150, as being the key.

Hitting popups are the single toughest assignment for a fungo hitter.  FungoMan’s FM-150 takes the “do-overs” out of the popup priority drill.

By Mason Levinson

April 23 (Bloomberg)—New York City banned metal baseball bats in high school games when the City Council overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto.
The vote was 41-4, seven more than required for an override, City Council spokesman Stephen Hamill said in a telephone interview. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

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Eagles coach will manage short-season Rangers affiliate.

By Jason Pugh
jpugh@gannett.com

Take heart Evangel fans, baseball coach Tim Hulett is still coaching the Eagles.
A week ago, Hulett accepted a job to manage the short-season Class A Spokane Indians, a Texas Rangers affiliate. Since then, he and the school have been inundated with calls wondering if Hulett would remain the Evangel coach.

The short answer, yes.

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