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Major League Baseball needs A-Rod's greatness to be a distraction from the steroid scandal that is making people want their money back from the home-run explosion of the past few years. The scandal didn't land within fungo distance of him, but Rodriguez, a company guy all the way, claims competing against cheaters doesn't bother him--only partly because he has led the American League in homers the past three years anyway. "I'm a strong believer in innocent until proven guilty," he says. "I've never assumed any other players were on steroids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord Of The Swings | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...when he excelled at basketball and baseball, hitting .750 as a shortstop on a state championship-winning team. It may be that his success as an athlete gave Fanning the confidence to quit school to pursue his idea. And it may be through playing team sports--running endless baseball fungo drills and basketball layup lines--that he picked up the discipline that allows him to focus on whatever is in front of him, to complete whatever task is at hand, whether it is taking a pitch to the opposite field or writing a computer program. You learn, believes Fanning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the Napster | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...Humungous, Fungo Mungo plays a vicious, pernicious, delicious brand of funk filled with grooves designed to move your behind and sociallyconscious lyrics to tax your mind...

Author: By Ron Weiner, | Title: Buy Me for My Cool Name | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

From the opening moments of the album, which consist of a radio flipping through several Spanish stations, to its last tracks, the frenetic in strumental "Spontaneous Solo," Fungo Mungo has a clear vision of what they want to say and how they want...

Author: By Ron Weiner, | Title: Buy Me for My Cool Name | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

...could easily see this album playing at a dance party, on a car radio, or in the CD player of your average funk/metal fan. Fungo Mungo is a talented young act, and is definitely worth checking...

Author: By Ron Weiner, | Title: Buy Me for My Cool Name | 2/27/1992 | See Source »

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