He hit Pete Rose who led off the game, then Joe Morgan and then Dan Driessen who followed. On May 1, 1974, Dock Ellis attempted to hit every batter in the Reds lineup. They're the only team that talk about us like a dog. 'Cincinnati will bulls.t with us and kick our ass and laugh at us. Dock Ellis was determined to do something about it. In 1974, Dock Ellis thought that the Pirates had lost their aggressiveness that drove them to three straight division titles from 1970 to 1972 and were intimidated by the Cincinnati 'Big Red Machine'. or even bat around a beach ball? Some of them are still coming down.Р”Р„ctually, there is a better Dock Ellis game that the MLB network could show. How awful were the Padres that day to get no-hit by a guy having an acid trip? Have you ever seen that Woodstock movie? Do you think those people could throw a baseball. I want to believe this because it is such a great story but I am a little skeptical. Was Spiro Agnew catching? Was Jim Croce on deck? I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate.'Р”Вo you know how hard it is pitch a no-hitter sober? Dock Ellis pitched one in this condition? If we take him at his word, he thought he was pitching to Jim Hendrix with a guitar and Richard Nixon was calling balls and strikes. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while looking at him. I know that it is pretty universally accepted that Ellis did throw this no-hitter while tripping on acid but frankly I still have nagging doubts about the veracity of this claim.Р”Р„s background, here are some quotes from Dock Ellis from Wikipedia on his condition while pitching that game, 'The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't.

This is the infamous game where Dock Ellis allegedly pitched while under the influence of LSD. Over at, they are publicizing an online petition they have put together asking MLB network to air footage of the no-hitter that Dock Ellis threw on Jagainst the San Diego Padres.

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