Our Booster club at Mary G. Montgomery has always supported anything we feel makes us better and after having you demonstrate the machine we felt it would make us better. At first we saw all the potential it had as a defensive practice machine, but as we got deeper into our season and began to see better pitchers with more velocity we saw a tremendous improvement in our guys hitting the higher velocity fastballs that FungoMan throws time and time again with pin point accuracy. The ability to bump locations without the hitter realizing the location has changed is critical also.

Our players would have game at bats against some of the better pitchers in our area and they would be amazed at how prepared they were to have good at bats. Our guys gained tremendous confidence heading into the State play-offs and the result was making it to the State 6-A semi-finals.

I feel all programs at all levels from summer leagues to pro ball would benefit greatly from owning and using a FungoMan. The staff at FungoMan have always been very helpful in answering any questions we have and resolving any minor operator problems we may have confronted.

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)

The Dallas Angels began this year rebuilding a team that took 2nd in the World Series last year. With only 5 returning players, and just two returning starters, the Angels had their work cut out for them. On top of that, the Dallas area experienced record rainfalls last fall and this spring keeping the team from getting the outdoor work needed for such a young team. That showed in the Angels’ record during the first 3rd of the season, where they went 5-6-1. By mid-March, the team finally overcame these obstacles and really jelled as they went undefeated in the Prestonwood tournament to qualify for the championship game - a first for a home school team. The Angels never looked back, completing the second 2/3rds of the season with an 18-3-1 record. A couple of other notable accomplishments were:

* After years of 1-run losses to Dallas Christian, the Angels beat a tough Dallas Christian team this year for the 1st time since 2005.
* The Angels posted 5 shutout wins this year, including 1 in the World Series.

With a new format for the World Series (no qualifying Regional, just a 23 team, weeklong tournament in Florida), the Angels advanced with 5 wins and no losses to the championship game, including a huge win over the heavily favored Augusta Crusaders in the semifinals. The Augusta team had been the talk of the tournament, absolutely crushing every team they played (outscoring opponents 50 to 6) until they met the Angels who handed them a 7-3 loss. Finally, the Angels met up with the 7-time World Series Champion Atlanta Barons in the championship game - one of the most exciting baseball games you could hope for in a National championship game. In a nutshell, the Angels got down 5-1 at the end of 6 innings. Down to their last 3 outs in the top of the 7th, the Angels put together an incredible 5-run rally to take the lead. Atlanta tied it up in the bottom of the 7th, and both teams fought it out for 2 more innings. In the bottom of the 9th, the Barons scratched out a run for a 7-6 win.

For the season, the Angels outscored opponents 267 to 130 and out-hit opponents 0.309 to 0.254 (0.314 to 0.206 in the World Series). Our pitchers recorded 230 Ks, with 62 Ks by Michael Fusselman and 61 Ks by Ryan Woodall. Angels pitchers allowed only 92 walks for the season. The Angels had 280 hits, including 72 extra base hits. Team leaders included Michael Fusselman with 43 total hits and Jordan Goode with 14 extra base hits. The team had 205 RBIs with five players having 20 or more RBIs. Six players scored 20 or more runs.

Individual accomplishments included:

* Prestonwood All-Tournament Team (selected by Prestonwood coaching staff): Ryan Woodall, Michael Fusselman, and Jordan Goode
* Dallas Morning News Player of the Week - Honorable Mention: Ryan Woodall
* World Series All-American Team (as voted by teams and coaches): Ryan Woodall, Michael Fusselman, Jordan Goode, and Caleb Rogers

Individual honors at the end of the season included:

* MVP - Ryan Woodall
* Offensive Player of the Year - Michael Fusselman
* Defensive Player of the Year - Jordan Goode
* Pitcher of the Year - Ryan Woodall and Michael Fusselman (a pair of aces)
* Leadership - Brooks Wood
* Base Runner of the Year - Caleb Rogers
* Rookie of the Year - Hayden McIntyre
* Reliever of the Year - Roby Wade
* Most Improved Player - Kyle Preston

junior varsity game

no varsity practice, players used FM on their own for ground balls

# of balls shot=1012

Players wanting to practice on their own. FUNGOMANS GREAT!

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

high school
double plays- 3rd, ss, 2nd
hitting situations in the cage during batting practice-hit and runs, man on 2nd move him to 3rd, man on 3rd drive him in, squeeze
2nd round the same except with curve balls
# of ball shot=682

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

middle school
Eagle Maker 3x’s
of fly balls

high school
3rd, ss, 2nd, and 1st reps no throws
DP’s 5-4-3,6-4-3, 4-6-3
battind practice curve balls
OF high fly balls on windy day. Need the practice on tough fly balls because we are headed to Oklahoma for a tourney. Usually lots of wind there.

# of balls shot=947

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

middle school practice
3rd, ss, 2nd, 1st ground ball routine in class for 30 minutes

high school practice
3rd, ss, 2nd, 1st ground balls
backhands
forehands

batting practice with high velocity fastballs approximately 85 m.p.h. for sacrifice bunts and hit and runs. Good practice

# of balls shot=1022
total balls shot since Jan. 22,222 (todays date 3-22-07)

Evangel Baseball

high school practice
Eagle maker-4 balls to each position. Went through 4 times counting poorly thrown balls from the of and then the inf, each time the number was smaller with the last time being 15 out of 129 balls thrown
ground balls 3rd ss 2nd and 1st
fly balls from behind batting cage during hitting practice, balls were over outfielders head forcing them to turn and run.
# of balls shot=1082
total # of balls shot=18818

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

middle school practice
Eagle Maker infield-outfield

high school practice
Eagle Maker
ground balls infield 3rd, ss, 2b, 1b
bunting behind the cage during batting practice
# of balls shot=789

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

previous ball count=12342
today’s ball count=12758

High school practice (miserable cold once again)
catchers blocking balls with fastball and curveball routine, some strikes some in the dirt blocked about 100 balls
sacrifice bunting, split the team and had a contest, bunted about 300 balls in 30 minutes including some teaching.

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

previous ball count=11339
today’s ball count=12342

high school practice
Eagle maker 29 ball in-out 2 times thru
cut offs and relays plus other situation
defensive ground ball work
PFP pitchers fielding practice 7 ball routine
coaches BP on the field FM curve balls in the cage bunting
Today we shot 1003 balls

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

previous ball count=11075
today’s ball count=11339

middle school practice
weather extremely cold today, cage hitting straight fastballs
high school practice
poor weather, meetings inside then 2 strike hitting in the cage. Working on swinging at strikes with 2 strike approach. Most hitters got one pitch some got 2, needs work.
264 balls shot

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball

previous ball count=10785
today’s ball count=11075

high school practice

Eagle Maker
29 ball in-out ran routine 3 times
outfield communication
high fly balls to short left center and then short right center
- outfielders would call each other off according to priority, machine was set on 100 MPH to give outfielders time to get under the ball

290 balls shot today

Tim Hulett
Evangel Baseball