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.
If you've never taken the time to read, there's a baseball legacy associated with tiny Lucasville, Ohio that few communities anywhere can match. The hometown of the man whose vision it was to break the color line in the major leagues, there's still plenty to learn about Branch Rickey...if you know who to ask.
A call to arms....A cast of talented freshman, three significant sophomores, and a pair of juniors will need to contribute, and emerge to pitch the Buckeyes into positive Big Ten contenders for 2019. And yes, even some names you'd associate at other positions (like Brady Cherry, left). Read more in Part II of our pre-season look at Bucks baseball.
