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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 ...
It was just before noon when he crushed the LSD tab, snorted it ... 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 ...
That’s what the author Donnell Alexander, who created a radio story that later became a short film and viral internet sensation Dock Ellis and the LSD No No believes, saying “He was on the downside of ...
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 ...
They just thought it was Dock being ‘Crazy Dock.’ ” Spinks says that two weeks later, Ellis told him about the LSD, and that he had been unable to see which players he was facing ...
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 ...
So this week, we ask our esteemed panel of rock & roll seamheads: Do you think Dock Ellis actually threw a no-no on LSD? And, if so, does this essentially constitute the greatest athletic feat of ...
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 ...
On Friday, the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis’ no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his claim about having pitched the game under the influence of LSD remains a matter of debate. It also has ...
Dock Ellis, who infamously claimed he pitched a no-hitter for Pittsburgh under the influence of LSD and later fiercely spoke out against drug and alcohol addiction, died Friday. He was 63.
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 ...