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In 1970, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD. Now, nine years after his death at age 63, Dock Ellis’ name is synonymous with the baseball game he pitched ...
"50 years ago today, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while tripping on LSD. Here's him talking about racism in baseball and the letter he received from Jackie Robinson." - @gfstarr1 Now 53 years ...
When he woke late that morning, he tried putting the details together from the night before, but in those days, for Dock Ellis ... any clue he was throwing a no-hitter because we had runners ...
But the universe isn’t fair and sometimes it smacks us down even when we deserve better. Dock Ellis went 11-17 the year before his LSD no-hitter. I bet on at least one of those days in 1969 he showed ...
In 1970, Scipio Spinks and Dock Ellis were young Major League ... who gained notoriety for pitching a 1970 no-hitter under the influence of LSD. “I pitched every game in the major leagues ...
The legend behind Ellis' no-hitter grew with time as he reportedly delivered the greatest performance of his career while under the influence of LSD. Dock Ellis' now iconic performance will go ...
On June 12, 1970, Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis did something that ... and almost certainly the lone MLB no-hitter pitched under the influence of LSD. (If you know otherwise, drop us a line.) ...
Ellis drank on the day of his no-hitter and added information about LSD's use in the 1989 revision. The psychedelic pop song "Dock Ellis" (by Barbara Manning) and the folk tune "America's Favorite ...
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 ...
“I do think it’s a singularly majestic feat,” said Chris Isenberg, who last year produced “Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No,” an animated short film by James Blagden on Ellis’s no-hitter.
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 ...