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As nice as Mark Buehrle's perfect game earlier this year was, it doesn't quite measure up to one of the craziest athletic achievements: pitcher Dock Ellis throwing a no-hitter while tripping on LSD. No Mas and artist James Blagden have animated the story, set to Ellis' own words from a radio interview he did before he died last year. It's amazing.
Thanks to our own Lauri Apple for passing this along.
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Thanks for posting this. I'm from Pittsburgh and have heard this story countless times but it's great to hear it from Doc himself w/ the animation.
There are several other bizarre/hilarious Doc Ellis stories but he was a damn good starting pitcher there for awhile. Ah, those were the days for the Battlin' Bucs!
I love this story. Didn't David Wells claim to be hungover the day he pitched a perfect game? Even is he was, no way it beats this. One of my favorite sports stories ever.
Yeah I think Wells claimed to have been up all night partying the night before that game. We'd probably be shocked by how often old time players like Ruth, Mantle, and others played through benders.
AWESOME!!!
This is why I can't really get upset about the whole steroids thing. Baseball guys have always been hopped up on something.