Notice anything odd about the back of this card?

dude · March 4, 2004 1:40PM

49erfaithful · March 4, 2004 1:45PM

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Hey, he pitched in my hometown of Lodi!

The Total ERA doesn't seem right?

Basilone · March 4, 2004 1:46PM

How could his career ERA be 3.83 ??????

dude · March 4, 2004 1:57PM

Correct! The Major League Total ERA is wrong.

purelyPSA · March 4, 2004 1:58PM

I'm guessing the correct total would be 3.38

mojorob · March 4, 2004 2:18PM

Hey 49erfaithful,
You mentioned your home town was Lodi, Calif.
That is my home town also.
I remember watching Rich Nye pitch for the Lodi Crushers back in 1966.
I was 8 years old.
I can rember him pitching against the Reno Silver Sox.
May I ask your name??
Mine is Kirk Robinson.......I'm 45 today.
I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but for some reason I can remember Rich Nye and the Reno Silver Sox back in the summer of 1966.

Dhjacks · March 4, 2004 2:51PM

I was going to guess that it was the winning record by a Cubs pitcher (in '67). Actually Holtzman had a 9-0 record that year.

Igloo · March 4, 2004 3:06PM

Some have accused me of message board tourette syndrome. Don't believe it. I always catch myself in time.

This thread is what real collecting is all about.

ChicagoGlen · March 4, 2004 3:31PM

Lodi, Great little town. I lived there for a year and a half. Right accross from Wine and Roses. Worked at a coupel Kraft facilities in Stocton.

Good memories,

Glen

pandrews · March 4, 2004 3:45PM

didnt Credence Clearwater Revival have a song about Lodi?

"Back in Lodi again" or something?

mojorob · March 4, 2004 4:40PM

Yes, as the story goes C.C. & R's tour bus broke down here in Lodi approx. 1968-69 on Sacramento Street which was Skid Row at the time.
It still is......for that matter.
C.C.& R was TOTALLY BROKE and they were literally STUCK IN LODI for a short time period.
The Fogerty Brothers lived about 90 minutes west of Lodi in the Bay Area.
I believe the song "STUCK IN LODI" was released around 1970.
That was kind of COOL back then turning on the radio and hearing that song for the first time, about your little home town of approx. 30,000. people back then.
As you can imagine, it was a big deal.........people driving around town with Bumper Stickers Reading : I'M STUCK IN LODI, News Stations interviewing the mayor, etc.
I still have my original 45 record.
I probably only played the darn thing about 832 times.
Actually the Flip Side ......."BAD MOON RISING" was a much better song.
I think I played that one 2,043 times.
Needless to say I got my money's worth out of that 99c 45.
Funny story about the "BAD MOON RISING" song.........J. C. Fogerty kind of slurs his words a little on the song, and a lot of people including my mother for years thought that the words that came bellowing from my room were: "THERE IS A BATHROOM ON THE RIGHT".
John Fogerty alluded to this little known tidbit when he played a MTV or VH1 Unplugged Special a few years ago.
Probably way more than you ever wanted to know about Lodi, Calif.
I can still here those words, loud and clear:

"Don't go down tonight.......It's bound to take your life.......There's a BAD MOON ON THE RISE"!!
It just might be time for number 2,044.

pc · March 4, 2004 4:45PM

could be worse.
my dad is buried in Lodi,
New Jersey.

Stump · March 4, 2004 7:23PM

Dude

How did you find that? Were you sitting on the toilet one morming. Amazing you must be a patient person to study cards like that.

Dave

dude · March 4, 2004 9:11PM

Stump -- No, I wasn't reading it on the "john".

I don't have time much free time on my hands, but when I do look at my cards, I enjoy reading the backs of cards and looking at the player's stats. The '68 Topps baseball set is particularly fun because of the trivia question on each card.

Igloo · March 4, 2004 10:31PM

Stump's got a good point. Have you been checked recently for hemmoroids?

helionaut · March 4, 2004 11:41PM

I was going to guess that the cartoon depicted the first gay major leaguer. I was way off.

pandrews · March 5, 2004 2:00AM

<< <i>I was going to guess that the cartoon depicted the first gay major leaguer. I was way off. >>

lol.. he says hes a pitcher.. but i bet he catches too..

pandrews · March 5, 2004 2:03AM

<< <i>Yes, as the story goes C.C. & R's tour bus broke down here in Lodi approx. 1968-69 on Sacramento Street which was Skid Row at the time.
It still is......for that matter.
C.C.& R was TOTALLY BROKE and they were literally STUCK IN LODI for a short time period.
The Fogerty Brothers lived about 90 minutes west of Lodi in the Bay Area.
I believe the song "STUCK IN LODI" was released around 1970.
That was kind of COOL back then turning on the radio and hearing that song for the first time, about your little home town of approx. 30,000. people back then.
As you can imagine, it was a big deal.........people driving around town with Bumper Stickers Reading : I'M STUCK IN LODI, News Stations interviewing the mayor, etc.
I still have my original 45 record.
I probably only played the darn thing about 832 times.
Actually the Flip Side ......."BAD MOON RISING" was a much better song.
I think I played that one 2,043 times.
Needless to say I got my money's worth out of that 99c 45.
Funny story about the "BAD MOON RISING" song.........J. C. Fogerty kind of slurs his words a little on the song, and a lot of people including my mother for years thought that the words that came bellowing from my room were: "THERE IS A BATHROOM ON THE RIGHT".
John Fogerty alluded to this little known tidbit when he played a MTV or VH1 Unplugged Special a few years ago.
Probably way more than you ever wanted to know about Lodi, Calif.
I can still here those words, loud and clear:

"Don't go down tonight.......It's bound to take your life.......There's a BAD MOON ON THE RISE"!!
It just might be time for number 2,044.

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i think Snoop Dog had a song too.. "Lodi Dodi, we likes to party"

i think ive driven through Lodi once when I was driving from SF to LA.. (flew to SF, rented a car, checked into a hotel (the FAIRMONT.. cuz I dont play)

, immediately hit the road for 6-7 hour drive to LA (Huntington Beach).. stayed overnight, drove 3 hours to Vegas, stayed overnight, hauled a$$ back to San Fran, stayed 4 more nights, flew back to Jville.. sweet trip.. i think it was almost 1600 miles on the rental car when we was done

dude · March 5, 2004 3:15AM

Lodi

Just about a year ago
I set out on the road
Seekin my fame and fortune
Lookin for a pot a gold
Things got bad
And things got worse
I guess you know the tune

Oh Lord
Stuck in Lodi

Rode in on a greyhound
But I 'll be walkin out if go
I was just passin through
Must be seven months or more
I ran out of time and money
Looks like they took my friends

Oh Lord
Stuck in Lodi

A man from the magazine
Said I was on my way
Somewhere I lost connections
I ran out of songs to play
I came into town a one night stand
Looks like my plans fell through

Oh Lord
Stuck in Lodi

If I only had a dollar
For every song I've sung
Every time I've had to play
While people set there drunk
You know I'd catch the next train
Back to where I live

Oh, Lord, Stuck in Lodi

Oh, Lord Stuck in Lodi

Copyright, 1969, John Fogarty

mojorob · March 5, 2004 11:58AM

You da man.....Thank you DUDE!!

49erfaithful · March 5, 2004 12:48PM

<< <i>Hey 49erfaithful,
You mentioned your home town was Lodi, Calif.
That is my home town also.
I remember watching Rich Nye pitch for the Lodi Crushers back in 1966.
I was 8 years old.
I can rember him pitching against the Reno Silver Sox.
May I ask your name??
Mine is Kirk Robinson.......I'm 45 today.
I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but for some reason I can remember Rich Nye and the Reno Silver Sox back in the summer of 1966.

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My name is Robert Fromm, I think I went to my first Lodi Dodgers game in 1977 at 7 years old (still have the 1977 LD card set). I still remember guys like Ed Santos, Kelly Snider, Jack Percante, Brad Gulden(I have a cracked bat of his) and Candy Maldanado. I've lived in the Lodi/Woodbridge area all my life, I wish we still had a minor league team. Good times, it's probably why I started collecting.
I like being stuck in Lodi!

mojorob · March 5, 2004 3:45PM

Robert,
Where in Woodbridge do you live....if I may ask??
I have built a couple dozen or so homes in the Woodbridge area, Bridgetown etc.
What do you like to collect??
Kirk

49erfaithful · March 6, 2004 12:53PM

Kirk, I live in Lodi but I grew up in Woodbridge (Vincent Ct.) and I work there now as a rural carrier (until my true calling comes along!) . You hiring! I deliver in the Del Rio, River Meadows and Windwood Subdivisions. I really only collected whatever new came out until the last couple years, now I'm just going to concentrate on the 1977 baseball, football and basketball sets in PSA 8 or better.

Robert

1967topps · March 10, 2004 1:01PM

>>CCR

Yeah they weren't stuck in Lodi NJ...although some WABC Transmitter engineers might
adapt that song for Lodi NJ

Notice anything odd about the back of this card?

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