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.
Six weeks removed from the end of the college season, All-Big Ten freshmen Henry Kaczmar (above) and Matt Graveline are in New England working on how to get better, and in time to come back to campus in September...to lead new faces on the roster towards making the 2024 Buckeyes better - much, much better.
The anniversary of North America's biggest military battle happens next week, against the wishes of many who would just like to forget - put behind - the sacrifice and commitment of all those who fought to make America, good and bad, what it is today. ""Any understanding of this nation has to be based on an understanding of the Civil War. It defined us." - Historian Shelby Foote