It was just before noon when he crushed the LSD tab ... ever — Ellis always called that his proudest moment. In ’76, he was part of a steal of a trade, the Yankees swapping Doc Medich for ...

In 1970, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD. Now, nine years after ... alcohol and drug addiction. He was a pitcher at the top of his game, and he was ...

During Ellis' incredible no-hit performance, the pitcher was reportedly under the influence of LSD. That's what makes his accomplishment arguably the greatest and most bizarre no-hitter in MLB ...

On Friday, the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis ... a pitcher for the Pirates that year, told USA TODAY last week, “The big question was did he actually pitch the no-hitter on the LSD?

But this guy’s trippin’ hard on pure LSD from the labs at UCLA, and he’s like, ‘No. I’m going in.’ He was a gutty pitcher and it’s such a gutty performance.” That’s always been my takeaway from it.

Scipio Spinks, ex-MLB pitcher According to him ... And there seemed to be no limit to Ellis’s drug use. “By 1970, he had clearly experimented with LSD,” says Radice.

There are few things in sports I want to believe in more than Doc Ellis’s LSD-fueled no-hitter. Even if he did make the whole thing up, he was such a great storyteller that the vibrancy of the ...

On June 12, 1970, Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis ... and only no-hitter of Ellis' career, and almost certainly the lone MLB no-hitter pitched under the influence of LSD. (If you know otherwise ...

World Series champion Dock Ellis was a star MLB player of his time but unfortunately had a substance abuse issue. The former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher also ... But he kept the LSD secret a ...

On June 12, 1970 — exactly 47 years ago — pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates while high on LSD. You’ve heard the story before, but now we’ve learned that Ice ...

Dock Ellis, the MLB pitcher most famous for once throwing a no-hitter while high on LSD, led a very interesting life. So it should come as no surprise that a documentary on him, now in the ...

Earlier on Tuesday, Andy Gray of Sports Illustrated provided us with this necessary reminder: Forty-two years ago today, this man (Dock Ellis) threw a no-hitter while tripping his face off on LSD ...