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Automated Practice Machine empowers coaches and players to maximize practice time.

Shreveport, LA — October 1, 2008 — An automated softball practice machine that can be programmed to fire grounders, fly balls, line drives, short hops, or whatever a coach needs has been released for sale to the Softball World.

Romy Cucjen, president of the Shreveport, Louisiana based company FungoMan LLC, introduced the FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine in January of 2007.  Pro teams like the Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Los Angeles Dodgers and university programs like Baylor, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona State, Portland and LSU have all made the FM-150 a part of their practice schedules. High schools throughout the United States have become huge advocates of the FM-150 because of its ability to maximize practice while producing exact reps in the field, or on the pitching mound every three seconds. 

Here’s what Coach Perno, head coach of the 2008 NCAA Championship runner up Bulldogs had to say about the FungoMan automated baseball practice machine.

“FungoMan is one of the best baseball teaching tools I have seen in recent history. I have been impressed by how versatile the machine is on the diamond and how easy it is to operate. The FungoMan can perform in any way a coach can, but is more accurate and it works at a touch of a button.”

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Minneapolis/St. Paul KARE-11 Reporter Eric Perkins went to St. Anthony Village High School to take a look at the FungoMan FM-150.

Troy Urdahl, coach of the State Champion St. Anthony Village High School baseball team, explains how the school’s recently purchased FM-150 has changed his team’s practice. 

“Perk at Play” airs every Tuesday night at 10 p.m. in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. It has won several awards, including an Emmy.
Watch Perk play with FungoMan...

North Desoto High School, located in Stonewall, LA purchased an FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine in December of 2007. Coach Bo Odom, and the Griffin Baseball Team credit the FM-150 for at least part of their unprecedented success during the 2008 season. North Desoto’s quarterfinal appearance marked the highest playoff finish in school history.  Watch and hear what Coach Odom had to say about how they used their FM-150, and how the Griffin Booster Club was able to purchase a machine.

Ken Bagwell was an All Atlantic Coast Conference middle infielder at Clemson University where he led the Tigers in doubles and the ACC in hits in 1972. 

Read about how Ken has used his baseball experience and network to establish himself as a FungoMan Distributor in the Carolinas.

BY HEATH ALLEN Northwest Arkansas Times

Baseball players across the nation may be seeing a lot more of their coaches. Area high school skippers and University of Arkansas coaches were able to view a device designed to make baseball drills more efficient during several exhibitions during the All-Star High School Coaches All-Star Week on Tuesday.

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Jack Howell, Minor League Coordinator of the Arizona Diamondbacks, gave some candid comments on the Diamondbacks use of the FungoMan FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine. Click here to see the videos...

Bob Skube was one of the first coaches to use the FM-150 with professional baseball players.  He has been using the machine since 2005.

FungoMan asked Bob some questions after a Spring Training workout.  Find out what he had to say about the FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine.

Former MLB Star John Vanderwal Makes Use of his FM-150 by coaching his youth league team.

Grand Rapids, Michigan News station anchor Christian Frank’s weekly “Tech Trends” highlights the FungoMan FM-150.

Baseball team not too shabby either with current 39-game winning streak.

by LOU PAVLOVICH, JR.
Editor/Collegiate Baseball

OWASSO, Okla.—Larry Turner has orchestrated one of the greatest high school baseball dynasties in Oklahoma history.

The head coach at Owasso, Okla. High School for the past 25 years has led the Rams to seven state championships, four runner-up finishes and 15 regional titles during his illustrious career.

Favorite Device: FungoMan
Turner said his favorite training device is a product used on his baseball field called the FungoMan.

“This is a very expensive machine that is worth its weight in gold,” said Turner.

“We can set it on home plate and have it fire ground balls and popups to our kids with precision. It can hit hard or slow rollers. Our kids love this machine.

“Before practice even starts, some of our kids are getting 200 ground balls. One day we might utilize the machine for our corner guys with grounders and popups.  Another day it might be our catchers. The accuracy of the popups is simply amazing to me since I was a former catcher.”

Click here for the full article reprinted by permission from Collegiate Baseball April 18, 2008

Click here to go to the Owasso Baseball web site

The producers of Clubhouse Gas have created a daily show that airs at 9:00 am EST for 5 minutes. The topics are as varied as the world of sports. Everything from How To Train, What’s The Best And Latest Equipment, Mini-Clinics, Health And Nutrition —you name it.

They promise to be informative, provocative, whimsical, newsworthy and always entertaining. 

As a part of FungoMan’s ongoing committment to providing an informative website for customers, a video gallery has been added.  This gallery will highlight Coaches, Teams, and events where the FungoMan team has been.

Check back often for updates in the FungoMan Gallery.

The producers of Clubhouse Gas have created a daily show that airs at 9:00 am EST for 5 minutes. The topics are as varied as the world of sports. Everything from How To Train, What’s The Best And Latest Equipment, Mini-Clinics, Health And Nutrition —you name it.

They promise to be informative, provocative, whimsical, newsworthy and always entertaining.  Here’s the Link: The FungoMan Report by Clubhouse Gas

Head Coach Armando Sedeno talks about the benefits of the FungoMan FM-150 Automated Baseball Practice Machine.
Armando Sedeno Testimonial

FungoMan, LLC has announced the newest release of the Factory Installed Practice Routines that accompany all new FM-150 machines.

Head coaches Armando Sedeno and Ron Eastman represent the rich High School baseball tradition in the Houston, TX area.

Both schools recently purchased FM-150 Automated Practice Machines to keep their programs on the cutting edge of technology and practice techniques.

The Baylor Bears were one of the first NCAA Division 1 teams to put the FM-150 into their practice plan.  Head Coach Steve Smith saw the potential benefits of the machine, and was quick to see it implemented.

Congratulations to the top 8u team in Southlake Texas. The Dragons won the Pony district and Regional tournaments and finished third out of all Pony teams in the state of Texas.  They also went to nationals and were very successful. 

Steve Bernhardt, Director of Baseball Operations for The Baseball Factory, incorporated the FungoMan FM-150 into his rigorous Spring Training itenerary last week at the latest Baseball Factory event at the Dodgertown Spring Training facility in Vero Beach, FL.

The FM-150 has made its way to the three Team One Regional Events this year to perform the defensive workouts for each position player at the event.  At the latest event at Hawk Ford Field, home of the Windy City Thunderbolts in Crestwood, IL, a player survey was conducted to receive feedback from the players that performed the workout.  Find out what the player’s responses and comments were…

FDDOC Ministry, Inc. (Fully Devoted Developer of Children) and FungoMan LLC, announced a collaboration to present “How you practice is just as important as how you play” after-school program.
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The FM-150 Provides Consistent and Fair Evaluations at the Team One South and Team One West Showcases

The FungoMan FM-150 provided consistent flyballs, line drives, and ground balls to the participants in the Team One South and Team One West Showcases last week.