Saturday, June 25, 2005

Pitching on Acid

From the Dalls Observer, how Dock Ellis pitched a no hitter in 1971 while on LSD and Benzedrine: Balls Out

The hardest part was between innings. He was sure his teammates knew something was up. They had all been acting strange since the game began. Solution: Do not look at teammates. Do not look at scoreboard. Must not make eye contact. His spikes--that's what he concentrated on. Pick up tongue depressor, scrape the mud, repeat. Must. Clean. Spikes.

e.p.c. posted this at 19:29 GMT on 25-Jun-2005 .

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