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- 1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul27.223145.29992@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, andersom@spot.Colorado.EDU (Marc Anderson) writes:
- >> I'm writing another paper for my psychology class on LSD, and was wondering
- >> if anyone has a reference to that claim that some baseball dude pitched
- >> a no-hitter on acid, or whatever. (If no reference, at least a name to the
- >> baseball dude what be appreciated.)
- >
- >You're probably thinking of Dock Ellis (Pirates 68-75, Yankees 76,
- >traveled extensively 77-79), although my memory is a littly hazy
- >on the circumstances. Bill Lee (Boston 69-78, Montreal 79-82)
- >had some involvements with altered states, of course.
- >Dates from the MacMillan _Baseball Encyclopedia_, which sadly
- >doesn't have a "Stoned Register."
- >
- >Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab
- >SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall
- >913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
-
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- From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder)
- Newsgroups: alt.drugs
- Subject: Baseball
- Message-ID: <eesnyder.679609750@beagle>
- Date: 15 Jul 91 20:29:10 GMT
-
- ***************** Anonymous Posting ***********************
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-
- You may have heard about "no-hitter" that Bob Milacki's of the Oakland A's
- pitched last week. No-hitters are pretty rare and this one made the
- news everywhere. One of the local TV stations refered to it as
- Milacki's "no-no," a term that originated with Dock Ellis's no-hitter
- back on June 20th, 1970 for the Pirates.
-
- Dock pitched that game on acid. That fact didn't come out until almost
- 15 years later. Here are some interesting excerpts from Eric Brothers
- account of the game in the August 1987 issue of High Times magazine:
-
- "Dock woke up late. Why shouldn't he? As far as he knew, the team had
- an off day and he planned to take full advantage of it. Three hits of
- LSD were ready and waiting in the refrigerator.
-
- "A few minutes later, his girlfriend returned with coffee, donuts, and
- the morning paper. At noon, they dropped acid. Dock put on a record,
- while his girlfriend read the paper.
-
- "Dock, it says here you're pitching today!"
-
- "Whaaaa...? said Dock groggily. He snatched the paper, scanned the box
- scores, and read:
-
- PITTSBURGH AT PADRES
- DOUBLEHEADER
- (6 P.M.) - Ellis (4-4) vs.
- Roberts (3-3)
-
- [He makes it to the game and after having someone help him find his
- locker, he suits up and enters the game.]
-
- "Dave Roberts, the Padres' pitcher, had an easy first inning, ending
- with Roberto Clemente hitting one back to the box. Dock marched to the
- mound, wondering if he'd last the inning.
-
- "His fingers tingled as he squeezed the ball. He squinted to see
- catcher Jerry May's hand signals. He nodded his head and went into his
- windup, falling slightly off balance in the process. The ball hit the
- ground about two feet in front of the plate and skipped into May's
- glove.
-
- "May signaled for a fastball outside. Dock wound up and threw a hot one
- over the the corner of the plate - a swinging strike! In was no
- ordinary pitch: The ball burst from Dock's hand and left a blazing,
- cometlike tail that remained visible long after the ball was caught.
-
- "Dock felt wobbly on the mound and his stomach was churning with acid
- cramps. His concentration, however, was superb. As long as he kept to
- his fastball, the comets kept burning across the plate. All he had to
- do was steer the ball down the multicolored path. Dock had a crazed
- look in his eyes and his lack of control was evident to the batters,
- many of whom were feeling increasingly vulnerable in the batter's box.
- Dock easily retired three batters in a row [in the second inning].
-
- [the seventh inning:]
-
- "The Pirates were clinging to their 1-0 lead. Dock was staring at the
- scoreboard when he realized he'd pitched hitless ball for seven innings.
- He smacked Cash on the arm.
-
- "Hey, look," said Dock, pointing at the scoreboard. "I've got a no-no
- going!"
-
- Cash gave him a blank look. "A no-no?" asked Cash. He'd never heard
- the term before. But Cash wanted to keep the pitcher loose and happy,
- so he smiled and said nothing.
-
- [He finished the game without a hit.]
-
- (Dock had a pretty good year in 1970. He went 13-10, and helped the
- Pirates win their first of three divisional championships. The fact
- that he pitched his no-hitter on LSD was not revealed until April 8,
- 1984. [no details given])
-
-
-
-
- --
- David Honig
-
- "Don't you believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."
- ---Lou Reed
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