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November 14, 2009

Dock Ellis And The LSD No-No

On June 12, 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis took the mound in San Diego while high on LSD.

A video from No Mas and James Blagden.



Ellis:
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.
The audio in the video comes from an interview Ellis did with NPR shortly before his death last December.
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6 comments:

  1. PatrickNovember 14, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    Amazing!

    Sometimes PEDs are just...just great.

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  2. AmyNovember 14, 2009 at 12:19 PM

    Of course, I am feeling skeptical after the Yankee Sucks post. Is this for real???

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  3. wardoNovember 15, 2009 at 5:45 AM

    The video's even better in stereo on headphones. Seriously.

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  4. timNovember 16, 2009 at 1:12 PM

    Love this story, great video too.

    I'll bet he was listed on some list at some point as "Ellis, D."

    ;)

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  5. RobNovember 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Greinke Cy Young! WOOT.

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  6. laura kNovember 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    "Ellis, D."

    How can it be that I've never thought of this before??

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