Pacific Northwest Fungo Banter

Ryan Lennerton Head Coach A&M Consolidated, College Station Texas. His roots are in the Pacific Northwest, north of the border. We cover baseball in Canada, baseball in Texas, and dive into being a low tech guy in a big tech world! 

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Nate and Cash join us to talk about an upcoming infield camp in the PNW, We talk infield play, and the 6th Tool! 

Scott Parrish Colfax High School Head Coach, Joins us to talk some Bulldog Baseball, Palouse Summer Series Baseball, and how they are preparing for the 2021 season 

Happy to be joined by Craig Driver the 1st Base Coach, and Catching Coach for the Chicago Cubs. We talk about his roots in the PNW. The inside track on coaching first base, and dive into some catching towards the end. 

Joined by Coach Stefan McGovern Columbia Basin Community College Head Coach, We dive into his path to the PNW. Along with having the honest discussions with players, and the process of keeping kids fired up through this shutdown. 

Tommy Richards Head Coach at Bushnell University, Talks us through the exciting times of being the guy at the helm to start up the baseball program at Bushnell U in Eugene Oregon. 

Coach Baker joins us from Biola University. We dive into his roots of the PNW, Recruiting, and into a great hitting conversation as we get to the 7th inning stretch. 

We head to Boise Idaho to talk shop with Head Coach Brian Champion, from Centennial High School. How to build your program in your community,  involving little league, and keeping practices moving. 

Fungo banter heads north for a great interview with Ken Ottinger, Head coach of Wasilla High School in Wasilla Alaska,  We dive into all things Alaska baseball. Cover what great summer ball opportunities there are for people to head North and play some quality baseball while giving kids a trip of a lifetime. 

Joined by a long time Pacific Northwest coach Joe Ross, Who is currently working as a Northwest area scout for the Kansas City Royals. He was a long time coach at the University of Washington, and also coached for the Cougs of Washington State for a year. We dive into talk about recruiting, scouting, and then end with his takes on being a hitting coach.

This episode we are joined by long time Pacific Northwest coach Gregg Swenson. We talk through his stops along the way of his coaching carrier. We dive into arm care in the PNW, especially for youth baseball. And we wrap it up with recommendations on a couple of the best burgers in the state of Washington! 

Kicking off season two with Eric Fiedler, Head Coach at Enumclaw High School. We dive into his path in coaching, starting out at Federal Way High School and now at Enumclaw. We cover the lost art of protecting your signs, and also the ethics behind picking signs. 

We wrap up season 1, revisiting some of our guests from the first season. Also announce our next Fungo Banter swag giveaway! 

Our interview with Donegal Fergus of the Minnesota Twins, breaks down a whole bunch of hitting to wrap up part 2 of this interview, 

Coach Fergus from the Northwest, currently with the Minnesota Twins joins us for a two part interview. This part 1 we cover his path in baseball, why being a coach in the Pacific Northwest is so special. And we talk alot about the mental game of baseball. 

Today we are joined by Hannah Huesman, Mental Skills Coach of the Philadelphia Phillies. Breaking down the mental game of baseball, processes to practice the mental game. And why its so important in life as well as the great game of baseball! 

Today were joined by Ryan Divish, the Seattle Mariners beat writer for the Seattle Times. We talk about growing up playing baseball in Montana, his path into journalism, and he tells some stories about the day to day life as a beat writer. 

Head Coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla Washington. Dives into the recruiting game. Along with building the culture at Whitman, along with the measurable s of evaluating players. 

Coach Bingham joins us to talk about his program at Lake Washington, Talks about how this covid-19 hit them. Talks about the run of success they have had there at LW. He dives into the Seattle Elite league and where it stands going forward! 

Coach Bailey breaks down his carrier, the reasons for the success he has had over the years of coaching. We dive into what makes his teachings and the programs he has been apart of successful. We also dive down a fun path talking hitting. 

We are joined by Northwest area scout Mike Gange of the Chicago White Sox, Talk about his days coaching in the PNW and the in's and out's of being a pro scout. 

Finally we enter the high school coaching world of Oregon! Coach John Arntson joins us to talk about fundraising in his program. Along with a story about what drives his program day to day. 

Coach Sheets blows this episode away with award winning takes on building young men, how he has grown as a coach, and how its allowed him to get to where he is today. Getting out there to mold young men into baseball players, but also preparing them to be productive successful members of society! 

Abe Silvestri Director of Team Travel and Clubhouse Operations San Francisco Giants joins us to talk about life in the big leagues, and what it takes to work towards your dreams, and being where your feet are.