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.
Even under the pressure to win, professional coaches and scouts will share the values of events that promote kids playing baseball in their home communities. It's the support and camaraderie of those around which make it comfortable to learn. Because not everyone learns at the same rate. Read more about this weekend's Stammen Classic, in Versailles.....
Amongst the inconveniences of driving 30 miles between two ballpark venues, the 98th Ohio High School baseball championships showed us that the closeness of community values far exceed that of scouting services and a document guaranteeing that your status as a player. Delphos St. John proved to be the blueprint of things past. And yet to be determined...things to come?