Sonny Fulks is a graduate of Ohio State University where he pitched four varsity seasons for the Buckeyes from 1971 through 1974. He furthered his baseball experience as a minor league umpire for seven seasons, working for the Florida State League (A), the Southern League (AA), and the American Association (AAA). He has written for numerous websites, and for the past fourteen years has served as columnist and photo editor for The Gettysburg Magazine, published by the University of Nebraska Press, in Lincoln Nebraska. His interests include history, support for amateur baseball, the outdoors, and he has a music degree from Ohio State University.
While you won't see it in Versailles this weekend, amateur community baseball going forward faces challenges that current culture struggles to address. And who'da' thunk it...about something that's so simple and good? Marion Local's Jordan Langenkamp (above, in blue) had a highlight moment during Friday's 14u action.
If it's Father's Day weekend it's time for the annual rite of baseball in Versailles. Now in its second decade, the Craig Stammen Youth Classic has become as big a factor as the state tournament. It's the seed that's producing a yearly crop of high school baseball players like those that played in Akron last week.