About Fungos & Fastballs: Baseball History & Trivia
Join us on this podcast exploring baseball's history and lore, plus enjoy some fastball trivia all in under 30 minutes. Topics will be all over the place - players, traditions, baseball lingo, stadiums, baseball movies/books. Like you, we just want to talk baseball!
E50: Robin Yount and The '82 Brewers + The 1914 Miracle Braves
Send us Fan Mail One hundred years apart, two World Series stories ask the same question: what does it take to shock baseball, and what does it take to be remembered? We hit our 50th episode right in the middle of the Fall Classic, so we decided to celebrate with pure World Series history, a couple of trivia stunners, and a deep rewind to teams that still feel alive decades later. First, we climb into the Wayback Machine for the 1914 World Series. The Boston Braves are buried in the standing...
19 Oct 2026
Ep 49: The Field & Its Strategy: A Chat With LSU's Dir. of Athletic Fields Jeremy Tredway
Send us Fan Mail You can spot a home run swing from the cheap seats, but you can’t always spot the work that decides how the ball skips, how the infield grips, or whether a rain cloud turns into a full-blown tarp sprint. We’re joined by Jeremy Tredway, Louisiana State University’s Director of Athletic Fields and Grounds, to pull back the curtain on what it takes to keep Alex Box Stadium ready for championship-level play. Learn what the field crew stays up all night worrying about: infield cl...
Send us Fan Mail A metal ring on a bat and a lefty with a screwball don’t sound like they belong in the same story, but they do and both changed how baseball feels. We start with a piece of baseball history you’ve seen a thousand times: the batting donut in the on-deck circle. Who invented it, how it spreads through Major League Baseball, and why the “heavier warm-up makes you faster” idea might be more myth than measurable truth. We also get into the psychology: if a hitter feels locked in, ...
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