Dock Ellis, the free-spirited ... He was also fined by the Pirates for wearing his hair in curlers and refusing to sign autographs. In 1975, he was suspended indefinitely by the team for throwing ...

On Friday, the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis ... with his hair in curlers. “I was anti-management because I didn’t want anyone to tell me how to dress, who to date,’’ Ellis said ...

His style was pure Youngblood Priest, a mélange of gold rings, colorful polyester suits, and hair-curlers ... played by Bradley Cooper. Meet Dock Ellis. The late, self-described “Muhammad ...

The answer, Dock Ellis, is the subject of an ingratiating, vibrant and sometimes surprising documentary, No No: A Dockumentary, that premiered at Sundance in January, then made it back to SXSW ...

On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis ... June 11. Ellis, who wore the number 17 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, had developed a reputation for brazen behavior. He liked to wear curlers in his hair because ...

Dock Ellis had a good career ... run off of him in the 1971 All-Star game and Ellis simply wanted to get him back. He also wore curlers in his hair while warming up, much to the chagrin of ...

45 years ago today, Dock Ellis ... in 1972. Ellis was also outspoken about prejudice and racism in the league. When the pitcher showed up to pregame workouts with curlers in his hair—that ...

Fifty years ago, on June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis’ friend rushed him to LAX so he could make a 3:30 flight back to San Diego, floating him the $9.50 fee for the hourly shuttle. He arrived at San ...

On June 12, 1970, Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis did something that, by all rights, should be completely impossible: He went and threw a no-hitter despite being high as a kite on lysergic acid ...

Dock Ellis might be a part of one of the craziest stories in MLB history. This is quite the statement, given the fact the league has seen a former catcher-turned-assassin in World War II sent to ...