Dock Ellis & The LSD-Fueled No-Hitter
Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid.
I’ve heard this story a million times, but always as MLB lore, never from an official of the league, never from a television sports historian, and never from another professional player. So I always thought that, despite the plausibility of the tale, there was a chance it was an urban legend.
But sure enough, it’s true, proven beyond doubt by No-Mas, which posted the animated version of the story, narrated by Ellis himself. Priceless…
AWESOME! Every thing about this short is so great. The magazine Chin Music (Punk Rock and Baseball) did an article about this event some years back. I have a copy somewhere…..