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Saturday, December 20, 2008

No-no


Dock Ellis, known for pitching a no hitter on LSD against the San Diego Padres and attempting to hit every batter of the Cincinnati Reds, died yesterday from liver problems. He was awaiting a transplant. Here is Ellis talking about his no hitter on LSD, in which the catcher had to wear reflective tape on his mitt so that Dock could see it:
I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched. I had a feeling
of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the (catcher's) glove, but I didn't hit the
glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded
two or three times. The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes,
sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the
hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it
turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I
remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped,
but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me.

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