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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Thursday, 17 July 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features

Is It Too Soon To Talk About Quarterbacks…?

With the start of high school football just six weeks away, the focus is on those key players that portend success and failure, even for average teams.  Regardless of what they've won and who they've lost, quarterbacks will dictate the conversation and headlines in 2025 area football (Tipp's Larkin Thomas, above).
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Tuesday, 15 July 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes’ Pettorini Signs With Phillies…Wynk Taken In 8th Round By White Sox

A pair of Buckeyes heard their respective opportunity to be professionals on Monday...infielder/hitter Tyler Pettorini to the Phillies...and hard-throwing reliever Blaine Wynk was drafted in the eighth round by the Chicago White Sox.
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Monday, 14 July 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features

Overture To Another Year…”And What Would You Write If You Didn’t Write Sports…?”

In just a month we’ll begin year sixteen of Press Pros, and a reader brought it to our attention this week by asking…what’s on your mind to write about if you weren’t writing sports?
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Saturday, 12 July 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features

If You Want To Play College Baseball…And How To Prepare

If you want to play college baseball, and you're committed to play for that school that recruited you because they believed you could make a difference...be sure of your game before you get there. And be ready to learn.
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Tuesday, 08 July 2025 / Published in Features, Home Features

Reader Questions About Stuff…And Answers Off The Cuff

Coming up on 16 years of Press Pros, some of you have been kind to write with both compliments and questions about things behind the scenes over the years...like, whatever happened to Jerry Snodgrass (above)?  It makes for some interesting reflection, and just maybe...an interesting mid-week read.