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LSD AND THE NO HITTER


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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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this was prob just a ploy to get in the news a little bit when this story broke... i mean its a cool story but nothing really more then a claim...

i mean he is only one of the few people to throw a no-hitter and loose the fucking game, for that he is in a small group...

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Doesn't it say that the Pitrates won the game??

They did, 2-0.

 

IHU is full of shit.

 

no just mistaken... i herd this story so long ago and didnt read up on it before i commented. i could have sworn the other cool part of the story was that the team lost. there has been a few no hitter loses and thought that was one of them....

for some reason i figured by then he was on the As or the mets.

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