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.
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Tuesday, 29 June 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Nothing’s Guaranteed With Fall Sports…Likely More Fear

If you think that fall sports - football and volleyball - and the others are a certainty in wake of Covid 19, guess again.  Dollars to dimes we'll be told that the only way we'll play is to do exactly as the politicians say.
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Sunday, 27 June 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Commentary: If You Build It…Will They Come?

As questions persist as to why more kids don’t play baseball - what kind of incentive will it take to bring them back? One obvious answer, some say, is facilities, like Newton High School (below). Read more in Monday's Press Pros feature.
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Saturday, 26 June 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

A Future Peek: Impressive Showing By MVL 16u’s

It may have been the most telling of all the weekend baseball games...an impressive display of MVL talent from Troy and Butler on Saturday (Butler's Evan Ables, below) - preview of what lies ahead for both schools come future springs. Read about it in Sunday's Press Pros.
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Friday, 25 June 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Sidney Falls The Hard Way To Grove City In 16u Tourney

Sidney Legion's tough six-inning fight to take a late lead came to naught as a costly error and an unlikely home run (below) sends Grove City past them at the finish line in Friday's 16u play at Newton. Read local amateur baseball on Press Pros.
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Friday, 25 June 2021 / Published in Features, Home Features

Best Of Ohio Tourney: Where Next Year’s Players Are Made

Bent on proving their worth, 15u players from the Miami Valley Prospects have their eye on 2022 as they play this summer in the Best of Ohio Series of weekend tournaments.  What they found Thursday was...you're never too young (Troy's Caleb Akins, below) to prove you belong.