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Thursday Program cover post (1971)
SAFE! and here is the schedule page from the 1971 program: My love of rip-roaring banjo and honky-tonk piano music started at a Shakey’s Pizza. Notice when the season starts? The Maritime Tavern is...
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Thursday Program cover post (1974)
The 1974 program cover is the same as the 1972 program cover. The only difference is that the ’72 cover had a blue tint, while the 1974 cover had the red tint you see below. Click all images for a...
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Thursday Program post (1987)
This 1987 program cover is the first done by Paul Birling. You may remember the style from this post about the 1989 cover. The 1987 season was notable in Appleton baseball history because it was the...
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Thursday Program post (1990)
As mentioned last week, here is a look at the 1990 Program. Notice that this Paul Birling cover has made the Royals patch on the arm of the Foxes jersey a bit more noticeable: I love the detail of the...
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Thursday Program post (1993)
There is something about the 1993 Program that makes me stop and smile every time I see it. Is it the unnamed cartoon fox drawn by Dave Taylor for the cover? Is it the fact that the left-handed...
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Thursday Program post (1976)
The year 1976 was the bicentennial of the United States of America. The Appleton Foxes got right into the Spirit of ’76. The cover: Sadly, it would appear that Bob Koehnke’s Lounge – which became...
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Thursday Program post (1992)
This would be the final original Paul Birling cover. (The 1991 cover would be reused for the 1994 season). It was also the final cover to feature the Royals patch since this was the final season of...
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Flashback Friday Supplemental: January 20, 2012
There is nothing that I do not like about the cover of the 1993 Appleton Foxes Program cover. A fox standing on a pier...A left-hand hitting fox standing on a pier. Drawn by Dave Taylor This week’s...
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Post Number 800!
I didn’t realize that ‘Rattler Radio’ was nearing the 800 mark until a couple of days ago. I thought about a big post that covered the blog since moving over from the old site. But, I woke up to...
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An old program is a wonderful thing
It should be “Three old programs are wonderful things”, but that title for this post would be a bad tie-in to one of the topics in the body of the post, as you will see in a moment. A fan dropped off...
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