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.
Last year’s closer turns this year’s Friday starter hopeful. Former Miamisburg Viking Blaine Wynk smiles confidently at the prospect. It is one of the ironies of college baseball. Spring training actually comes in the fall. It’s called fall practice, and it’s where jobs are sometimes won, or cases for winning a job is at least
