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.
It used to be fun when the ballpark was a place to move around and explore the ambiance of the game. Now, if and when it comes back, the future of major league baseball with its present course is seriously flawed, getting farther and farther away from a personal relationship with the fan. And here's why.
The day Elvis Presley died will long be remembered as the biggest story in America on August 16, 1977. And in Columbus, Georgia, home of Fort Benning, it almost shut down an army base and brought minor baseball game to an emotional seventh inning stretch. Enjoy the read in today's Press Pros feature.