Fungo
Flatbush - 1979 The Littlest Fungo 1-4 was released on: USA: 1979
athletic tape
fungo circles
That would be a fungo bat.
Encarta- fun·go [ fúng g
"Mushroom" in English is fungo in Italian.
Fungo bats are taped on the big end because they hit more balls than a regular bat and this protects the wood and allow it to last longer. Tape also allows the fungo hitter more traction off the bat so more fly balls or ground balls can be controlled better.
to tape it like a tennis raquet
"But I function" is an English equivalent of the Italian phrase Ma fungo. The conjunction and first person singular present indicative also translate into English as "But I serve (stand in, work)." The pronunciation will be "ma FOON-go" in Italian.
"An Italian mushroom" in English is un fungo italiano in Italian.
The cast of ZedCrew - 2010 includes: Alvin Fungo as Hong