fungo

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“
30 swings with the regular bat and it felt pretty much the same as swinging the fungo, which is obviously a good sign. "

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  1. noun Baseball A fly ball hit for fielding practice by a player who tosses the ball up and hits it on its way down with a long, thin, light bat.

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  • Baseball has a bullpen coach blowing bubble gum with his cap turned around backward while leaning on a fungo bat; football has a defensive coordinator in a satin jacket with a headset and a clipboard. —  BrothersJudd Blog
  • Accepted behavior and norms are pulverized with a fungo and no one goes to jail for it. —  Finger Food
  • Johnny Pesky would smack balls off it with his skinny fungo bat. —  TimesArgus.com: Sports
  • Johnny Pesky would smack baseballs off it with his fungo bat. —  TheBostonChannel.com - News
  • "I took about 15 swings with the fungo and it felt fine," Longoria said. —  ESPN.com
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