Did Dock Ellis Pitch a No-No on LSD?
From Big League Stew. This video was made based on an interview Ellis did. According to Dock, the no-hitter he pitched against the San Diego Padres, on June 12, 1970, was done while he was "High as a Georgia pine." Is it even possible to pitch a no-hitter while on acid?
Ellis said, "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. I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate. 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."
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I would pay money for a video tape
or even an audio tape of this game. There should be some evidence in the public record to see how “wired” the good Doctor seemed on this night.
And given that Doc once hit the first four (or five, or six) Cincinnati Reds in a game as his private vendetta against the Big Red Machine, I would say he has earned a level of credibility when it comes to being off his rocker.
Update
There is an online petition to get the MLB Network to play the video of that game.
"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp
by less cowbell, more 'neau on Nov 17, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
This is a great video
Really well made. The interview/narration by Dock is awesome!
my floor is looking pretty dirty... BETTER GET OUT THE BROOM!!!
Sometimes I think Delmon Young is on LSD
It would explain the routes he takes to get to fly balls and why he always swings at balls outside of the zone…
(Ok, maybe that was a little mean.)
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Nov 13, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions
If I had to bet on any Twins using a substance while on the field
It’d probably be Guerrier. I mean, the hair and the soul patch. He looked like the guys that used to sell mushrooms around campus.
Awesome video
thanks for posting this more’neau
by montanatwinsfan on Nov 14, 2009 12:32 PM EST reply actions
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