Everybody deserves a wilderness to traverse. Long-time pitcher Dock Ellis had many regions he explored and honored. But certainly the most ... elegant, perhaps, is his pitching a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates whilst under the influence of LSD.Dock Ellis hath passed. Long may he throw celestial strikes. With sparks trailing the pitches ...
Hear Dock tell the story himself:
2 comments:
hey, here's a new hero. i missed him completely until now. thanks, ken. i love this!
Good flash-back, KW. I remember watching Ellis wild-pitch his team into, and out of, contention a few times, back when I was working on controlling a mean (sand-lot variety) curveball, and dreams of similar immortal exploits. I now further understand some of the demons he was pitching through, and I'd like to point out that once he figured out how to survive, he counseled others in some of his methods. Rock on, Dock.
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