Dock Ellis

[...Willie Geist mentioned this on "Morning Joe" earlier and I had to
look it up...damdest thing I've ever heard of or read.]

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Los Angeles, April 8, 1984- Former Pittsburgh Pirates' pitcher Dock
Ellis says he was under the influence of LSD when he pitched a 1970
no-hitter against the San Diego Padres.

Ellis, now co-ordinator of an anti drug program in Los Angeles, said
he didn't know until six hours before his June 12, 1970 no hitter that
he was going to pitch.

"I was in Los Angeles, and the team was playing in San Diego , but I
didn't know it. I had taken LSD..... I thought it was an off-day,
that's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at noon. At 1pm, his
girlfriend and trip partner looked at the paper and said, "Dock,
you're pitching today!"

"That's when it was $9.50 to fly to San Diego. She got me to the
airport at 3:30. I got there at 4:30, and the game started at 6:05pm.
It was a twi-night doubleheader.

I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had
a feeling of euphoria.

I was zeroed in on the (catcher's) glove, but I didn't hit the glove
too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were
loaded two or three times.

The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes
I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the
hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum
until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding
chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a
line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached
me."

The Pirates won the game, 2-0, although Ellis walked eight batters. It
was the highpoint in the baseball career of one of the finer pitchers
of his time, and arguably,one of the greatest achievements in the
history of sports.

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