Tag: Dock Ellis

Dock Ellis featured in the "Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No" short documentary film. (Image: James Blagden/No Mas Productions)

Electric Kool-Aid Baseball, Dock Ellis Tosses No-Hitter on LSD

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On one misty day in June 1970, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the San Diego Padres while soaring high on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). It’s a rare feat to toss a no-no, but the fact that Ellis had ingested LSD the morning before the game […]