40 Years Later: Doc Ellis' Kool-Aid Acid Test No-No
Forty years ago, Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates raised the degree of difficulty to new, well, heights. He threw a no-hitter with Richard M. Nixon calling balls and strikes and Jimi Hendrix, wielding a Fender Stratocaster instead of a Louisville Slugger, digging in at home plate. Or at least that is what he thought while pitching under the influence of LSD.
Ellis walked eight and hit a batter but beat the Padres, 2-0, before 9,303 fans who turned up at San Diego Stadium on June 12, 1970, for the opener of a doubleheader.
(I post this only because I saw Buddy Guy last night in Daytona Beach chanelling Hendrix, and the no-no story has been referenced on this site numerous times. Fantastic.)
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Great Animated Version of Doc telling the story in his own words
Frankly I have no idea how he held it together… I would have melted down the moment I realized thousands of people were watching me… not that I would know what LSD is like or anything
what happened to yestuhday!?
that is a great clip, thanks for posting..
"I never say one bad thing about those stupid fucking Cubs fans. Not a single word about those mother-shitting pieces of fuck"
by onlysoxfaninbasel on Sep 6, 2010 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
i believe it was egus who posted
a link to a petition for mlbtv to air that game…i hope someone posts the date if they do decide to show it…furthermore, i hope i see said post…
brings a whole new meaning to P.E.D.
"Statistics are about as interesting as first base coaches" Jim Bouton
by Grinder Rule #42 on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 AM CDT reply actions
this is one
Of my all-time favorite baseball stories. Gives new meaning to the term “effectively wild.”
It seems hard to imagine someone pulling something like that in 2010. Kind of a shame… still it’s enjoyable to imagine some of today’s characters trying to pitch a mlb game on acid…
by spengler on Sep 7, 2010 12:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
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