Film/TV Sep 3, 2014 at 4:00 am

Dock Ellis's LSD Baseball Triumph

The Man Who Pitched a No-Hitter While Tripping on Acid

Charles Mudede
Me? I'm the pitcher with an attitude.
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The whole LSD story is "fun", but unsubstantiated. It's well known that Dock Ellis like to tell a tall tale, and did so many times.
Arthur Zifferelli on September 3, 2014 at 10:04 AM Report this
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Which is why this is not called a documentary, but a dockumentary.
Wandergeist on September 3, 2014 at 9:10 PM Report this
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"..the universe has no god, and that good and evil have nothing to do with its structure. Morality is human. Greatness is immoral."

Great line Mr. Mudede.
Godzilla1916 on September 4, 2014 at 2:32 PM Report this
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No game video, no point.
sea_bat on September 5, 2014 at 11:01 AM Report this
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I have a minor quibble with your story Charles, I think it should have been "Greatness is amoral."
Hanoumatoi on September 5, 2014 at 4:41 PM Report this
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Groovy indie songstress Barbara Manning did a pretty good song about Dock's no-no back in 1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006i_UxLJ…

There's also a terrific photo of Dock with his hair in curlers here: http://www.bighairplasticgrass.com/2011/…
Fnarf on September 5, 2014 at 5:03 PM Report this
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@5 agreed! I even read it as such, and after seeing your comment looked back and saw "immoral." Immorality makes little sense in this context.
Bored@School on September 5, 2014 at 7:49 PM Report this
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Todd Snider does a wicked good song about this as well.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2SPjcK…
Sean Jewell on September 6, 2014 at 8:59 AM Report this
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When I was a kid, I went to a Cubs-Pirates game @ Wrigley Field. Dock Ellis wasn't pitching that day, but I remember seeing him sitting in the bullpen with the other pitchers, with a bunch of pink curlers in his hair. He was a different kind of cat.

There's a brief, amusing description of his thoughts about the no-hitter in Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis#…

on September 6, 2014 at 1:13 PM Report this
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@5 i made that choice of word for a reason.
Charles Mudede on September 6, 2014 at 5:31 PM Stranger Staff
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@10 that doesn't make it a good choice or the right reason. take the suggestion.
CrankyBacon on September 7, 2014 at 1:43 PM Report this
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@1 I played some pretty hot lacrosse games in college after a night of tripping on acid and/or X. The ball would freeze-frame into my stick pocket, and I felt like I could see the defenseman's stick coming for me a mile away- made some of the best dodges of my time playing. The stimulant effect let me run my ass off too. I would actually be more surprised if Dock's story had *not* happened.
kylecheez on September 7, 2014 at 5:09 PM Report this
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Charles, would you like the morning star?

I found him in a grave.

Jordan's youngest -> ruins.

:D

youtube.com/watch?v=XaV-nGQ5yqw
on September 7, 2014 at 7:54 PM Report this
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Ok. Peace out, homeskillets.

Time to build a dynasty.

youtube.com/watch?v=g31y7SZ5Ego
on September 7, 2014 at 7:56 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=aIzItWnjBdQ

Hypercapitalist open season in 5..4..3..
on September 7, 2014 at 8:12 PM Report this
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Must really burn your stones.

:D
on September 7, 2014 at 8:13 PM Report this
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Oh, and Mars Hill.

The only way you can be healed is to CUT OUT THE FAITH-BASED INVESTMENTS.

Say, give yourself 3 1/2 years of operating capital before expanding?

Physical reality strikes once more.

I encourage you to join The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent, or the one I founded, TCJCROYJ.

youtube.com/watch?v=L0oc2GarBFU

Yaaaaaaay.
on September 7, 2014 at 8:29 PM Report this
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Thanks, JynoCidisT.
on September 7, 2014 at 8:43 PM Report this
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You're going to be walking around by yourself during the call to prayer, lil Ms. Driscoll.

You're going to be like "Whoa. I'm fucking insane."

You'll find that some Sauds do have blue eyes. You'll look at my picture and know why.

You're going to catch shit from the kid who stamps your passports in New York. You're going to stand there during the awkward pause after you say "No, I'm not government, and no, I'm not military" and be thinking "yeah, you have to let me in" until he stamps your passport.

Then you'll be too fucked up to share a smile when the real security comes to check up on you.

Because you'll be too busy flirting with the New Yorker trying to hit on you as you down your first beer in two weeks.
on September 7, 2014 at 8:55 PM Report this
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Loud. Speakers.

:D
on September 7, 2014 at 8:58 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=p6bs9GWrspY

:D:D:D
on September 7, 2014 at 8:59 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=37r9aqTxhBQ

╠:D
on September 7, 2014 at 9:17 PM Report this
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I LOVE MY BABIES
on September 7, 2014 at 9:20 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=iCC8tjrXYE8
on September 7, 2014 at 9:34 PM Report this
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iamafuckingarchon

youtube.com/watch?v=kaFygeknae8
on September 7, 2014 at 9:46 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=AR8SkOhKG9Y

Fresh.
on September 7, 2014 at 10:08 PM Report this
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Me and Queen Kong fucked it up.

Didn't we.

AND IT'S PROPER.

All I ever had to do was look at an unpatterned surface and envision Mos Def making the Elliott Smith leap.

And it's like.

Ok dude. I'll do it.

You know. A leap of faith.

youtube.com/watch?v=P8a4iiOnzsc

Hella fresh.

I just finished a conversation with two virgins detailing their exploits.

You know, all of the girls they hit on.

Hi guys. You kill us.

:D
on September 7, 2014 at 11:10 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=jpb0XB-gT_U

See guys.

Do you see.
on September 7, 2014 at 11:32 PM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=jAwGgQkXW0g

I really, really want you to get what kind of a hell you're headed to.
on September 7, 2014 at 11:45 PM Report this
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Guess in what grade I pulled a violin solo, guys.

It wasn't fair, though.

The raised violinist pulled the rest.

Anyways. It was hot cross buns, and it started with 'the second.'

youtube.com/watch?v=pIIX0oCDAs0

http://i.imgur.com/tvEvnYI.jpg

The fucking idiots.

ALL POWARS>
on September 8, 2014 at 12:08 AM Report this
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Die happy, Champagne.

Die happy.

youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1XLYUK21Q
on September 8, 2014 at 12:11 AM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=YyaDivSeMig

:D
on September 8, 2014 at 12:15 AM Report this
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And then some fucking indians fed me a pot brownie and fucked up my leading role at the reservation.

So it goes.

:D
on September 8, 2014 at 12:25 AM Report this
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ALL POWARS>
on September 8, 2014 at 12:28 AM Report this
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They made me teach the whole world, ms champagne.

:D
on September 8, 2014 at 12:31 AM Report this
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ALL POWARS>
on September 8, 2014 at 12:31 AM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=YyaDivSeMig
on September 8, 2014 at 12:35 AM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=o2nRshcqgMA

:D
on September 8, 2014 at 1:21 AM Report this
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youtube.com/watch?v=l_iRdgGZ6Xc
on September 8, 2014 at 2:41 AM Report this
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What just happened
Unregistered User on September 8, 2014 at 1:07 PM Report this
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He may be boring sober, but at least he's alive--an unbeievable gift for both himself and his loved ones.

"Morality is human. Greatness is immoral."--That feeds into the super stupid and ignorant live fast, die young mentality.

I'm guessing you have never lost someone who died too young as a result, either directly or indirectly, of addiction. Famous or not, someone's achievements are pretty insignificant to a prematurely dead person's loved ones. They just ache and ache for that person to still be alive.

Dock Ellis is super brave for staying alive, and it takes as much courage to be the crazy fun party-loving success as it does to be a "boring" sober person.

I hope you never know what it feels like to lose someone like that.
on September 8, 2014 at 2:07 PM Report this

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