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FungoMan to the Rescue

Ah, the life of a coach. Spending day after day hitting grounders. “Let’s get one!” And around the horn you go. “Turn Two!” And back around again. Over and over and over and over… “I do this for living. I hit fungoes,” says Steve Smith, the Rangers’ third base and infielders coach. “And, I can hit a fungo.  But I’ve seen high school and college coaches where they’re popping one up or hitting one over there. It’s ugly.”

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