Jeff Ash
@jeffash26
Many interests. News (38 years in the news biz in Wisconsin). Progressive politics. Pop culture. Vintage soul/R&B/rock LPs. Old sports cards. Baseball. Ballparks. Back roads. Dive bars with good food. Old muscle cars. Local + Packers historian (4 books).
You cannot go wrong with Tom and Jerry. Our son was raised on those cartoons. His favorite VHS tapes were those, plus this one from 1989, full of irreverent and subversive Warner Bros. cartoons from World War II. Our son wrote his master's thesis and PhD dissertation on comic book censorship.
1954 Baseball All-Star Game preview cartoon by Murray Olderman of NEA. Syndicated to newspapers, widely published on July 12, 1954 -- 72 years ago today. @beautyofagame.bsky.social
The view from the left-field corner at the Pink Flamingo softball tournament, one of our summer traditions in the Green Bay area. There were good burgers and corn, ice-cold pop, and good people watching this afternoon.
60 years ago today, on July 11, 1966, these former Packers players (plus one super fan) watched as the last part of Green Bay's old City Stadium was torn down. The Packers played there from 1925 to 1956. Today, a second City Stadium, the East High School field, is at that location.
This is how I was trained for the news biz. Still wired that way all these years later. Old habits die hard.
Today's modest haul from the Green Bay Card Show -- Spencer Haywood from 1971 and Bart Starr from 1961, the latter complete with a clipped corner.
50 years ago today, on July 4, 1976, I spent much of the day at home, watching Walter Cronkite anchor CBS' coverage of the Bicentennial celebration. I most vividly remember the tall ships in New York's harbor. Eventually, though, I headed out to drink some beer and watch people and fireworks.
50 years ago today, on June 29, 1976, the Pipe Dreams record store in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was getting into the Bicentennial spirit by offering four $6.98 albums for $17.76 plus tax. That was a good deal.
@lukeepplin.bsky.social The company you're keeping at Barnes & Noble in Green Bay.
Not sure I ever saw the film, but I got the paperback via the Scholastic Book Club in grade school.
@djgloverepair.bsky.social This is from 50 years ago today in my hometown of Wausau, Wisconsin. Love the wall of gloves behind these gents. I bought my first good glove -- a Rawlings endorsed by Cesar Cedeno and relaced and reconditioned by you -- from this store about a year earlier.
Good evening from the ballpark, where we have the young Brewers vs. the young Twins. We also have $2 hot dogs and $2 pop on this Timber Rattlers Pride Night. Dig that!
Had a single brat for breakfast at the Brat Hut at Miesfeld's Triangle Market in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, today. This is how it's done, people. Four -- count 'em -- four kinds of brown mustard. That big bun, BTW, is meant to handle a double brat with ease.
For all those who enjoy visiting Packers training camp and watching practice, start planning your summer. There will be 12 open practices, all at 10:30 a.m., all weather permitting, all subject to change.
Went to our neighborhood car show this afternoon. I saw Starsky and Hutch with their sweet Torino.
They may or may not be moving to Indiana, but they'll always be "Da Bears." The latest from my friend Joe Heller, the fine Wisconsin cartoonist.
Thoughts while waiting for the Brewers' late-night game against the Athletics in Vegas ... Weekend series vs. Rockies was free for all on Brewers' streaming TV service. I rarely get to see TV games. Impressed with Tim Dillard's analysis. No analysis from ex-MLB players on Brewers radio because ...
From 50 years ago today -- June 8, 1976 -- a timeless cartoon by the underappreciated Jim Berry. America's Indigenous peoples probably feel the same at 250 years as they did at 200 years.
Good afternoon from Section 208 at the ballpark. Watching the Brewers with my friend Al and his Retired Men's Club pals. Al is driving the bus.
Cover date of June 3, 1976 -- 50 years ago today. This is what I was reading when I was 18. A master class in writing, as was The Sporting News.
50 years ago today, on June 2, 1976, Wisconsin's high school coach of the year -- Dick Bennett, then 33 -- was hired as UW-Stevens Point basketball coach. From there, he went on to coach at UW-Green Bay, Wisconsin and Washington State. His son Tony, a future coach, had just turned 7.
50 years ago tonight, on May 27, 1976, a crowd of about 2,000 people saw a triple bill of Blue Oyster Cult, Rush and Sunblind Lion (a Wisconsin band) at the Brown County Arena in Green Bay. Rush drummer Neil Peart wowed everyone with a tremendous solo to close out the band's set.
50 years ago today, on May 20, 1976, two huge guys wearing leather jackets and jeans slid off their motorcycles and walked into Chili John's in Green Bay. Free spirits Ben Davidson and Tom Keating, both former Oakland Raiders, were on a four-month, 14,000-mile tour of America.