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.
Ohio State pitcher Seth Lonsway bet on himself in passing on last year's major league draft, counting on a bigger, and more lucrative 2021 college season. Through Sunday's first round he came up a couple of cards short. And by the time the call came on Monday (San Francisco, 6th round), he was more convinced than ever that baseball is never easy!
Playing Prospect League baseball in Springfield this summer, the Buckeyes' Mitchell Okuley is looking for a solution to a month-long slump that saw his Big Ten average, and his confidence, plummet. But he's confident that time away and a return to routine is just the fix he needs. Read more in Wednesday's Press Pros.