Fungo
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Game | Fungo |
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Game Family | Fungo |
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Tags | 1800s, US, post-1900 |
Description | A batter fungoes balls to a set of fielders. A fielder who first catches a set number of balls on the fly becomes the batter. Chadwick describes Fungo as requiring the hitter to deliver the ball on the fly to the fielders, or he loses his place. This practice probably has had numerous local variant names such as Knock Up and Catch and Knocking Flies. |
Sources | Culin, "Street Games of Boys in Brooklyn, N.Y.." page 232. Henry Chadwick, Sports and Pastimes for American Boys (Routledge, New York, 1884), page 18. F. G. Cassidy et al., Dictionary of American Regional English (Harvard University Press, 1996), page 245. |
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