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.
Looking back I could have been bitter, like some others, with my experience playing for Ohio State hall of fame coach Marty Karow. But I’m not. I remember my last baseball game - my last game as a Buckeye - with the satisfaction of having done all I could do with the tools I had - maybe too much! Baseball nostalgia in today's inside feature.