Balls Out: How to throw a no-hitter on acid, and other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Ten ILX points to the first person who can tell me the name of the major league pitcher who pitched a no-hitter on acid...no-hitters (the baseball type): s/d c/d
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
"I absolutely loved him," says [Rangers owner Brad] Corbett, who acquired Ellis from the A's in June 1977. "The biggest misperception about Dock is that he's this untamed, self-destructive wildman. And part of that is true; he was crazy, but in a good way. He was fun. He had a way of keeping people loose. He was a practical joker. He had character. Everybody loves to talk about that LSD no-hitter, but come on. Stuff like that was happening all the time. Everybody was doing something. One relief pitcher we traded for, I went to meet him in New York at Studio 54. And I walk in and look over and say to myself, 'Hmm. Is that sugar?'
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
AWESOME
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 24 June 2005 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
To Bonds' credit though, a pitch at that spot where is elbow-armor is, was probably one of the 702.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 24 June 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
Of course, the Press also runs the Observer's movie reviews.
― boldbury (boldbury), Friday, 24 June 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 26 June 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 26 June 2005 01:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― ~~~~ DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE ~~~~ (ex machina), Sunday, 2 October 2005 03:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 2 October 2005 04:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― brianiac (briania), Sunday, 2 October 2005 05:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 2 October 2005 06:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 02:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 05:01 (eighteen years ago) link
via CSTB:
http://web.mac.com/jaykaplanstudio/Ellis,_D./Contents.html
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa, those are great
― n/a, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Those are fantastic.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 17:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.baseballreliquary.org/images/dockellis_curlers_50cr.jpg
― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 01:22 (fifteen years ago) link
RIPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081220/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_obit_ellis
― total mormon cockblock extravaganza (jaymc), Saturday, 20 December 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOqHLeKGH0
― am0n, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
bitch, I pitch TOMORROW.
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14
― luol deng (am0n), Thursday, 12 November 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
sweet vid
― windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Thursday, 12 November 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
barbara manning - "dock ellis" [streaming] http://www.wfmu.org/listen.m3u?show=25142&archive=38904
― ♪♫(●̲̲̅̅̅̅=̲̲̅̅̅̅●̲̅̅)♪♫ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 13 November 2009 08:08 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i.pbase.com/u37/saggiowrx/upload/24204617.bump.gif
― luol deng (am0n), Friday, 13 November 2009 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
awesome video
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 15 November 2009 12:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Came here to post that video. I guess that counts as a thumbs up.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.nomas-nyc.com/t-shirts/208-tripsburgh.html
― mizzell, Friday, 23 July 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/sports/baseball/05nohitter.html?_r=1&hpw
― buzza, Saturday, 4 September 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"For those not named Nolan Ryan, the no-hitter is a rare and treasured event — consider that a Mets pitcher has never thrown one. "
worthless statement imo
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 6 September 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
watched the dockumentary this week. Him breaking down when reading his letter from Jackie Robinson was a highlight.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 28 December 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
In 1978, Bevacqua, Ellis and fellow former Pirate Richie Zisk were reunited as teammates in Texas. Bevacqua and Zisk roomed together on the road. Near the end of the season, Ellis dropped a paper bag between them.“That’s for you guys,” Ellis said.Bevacqua was stumped. He opened the bag. Inside was a bundle of cash. Something like $2,700, Bevacqua recalled.“Does he owe you money?” Bevacqua asked Zisk.“No.”“Well, he doesn’t owe me any money.”The duo visited Ellis. What was going on? Ellis was beaming. He was paying his tab, he explained. He had been signing his room-service bills to Bevacqua and Zisk’s room for most of the season. Now they were even.“Dock Ellis was a hell of a guy,” Bevacqua said. “As crazy as he was … you know what? He just did crazy shit. He really wasn’t that crazy.”
“That’s for you guys,” Ellis said.
Bevacqua was stumped. He opened the bag. Inside was a bundle of cash. Something like $2,700, Bevacqua recalled.
“Does he owe you money?” Bevacqua asked Zisk.
“No.”
“Well, he doesn’t owe me any money.”
The duo visited Ellis. What was going on? Ellis was beaming. He was paying his tab, he explained. He had been signing his room-service bills to Bevacqua and Zisk’s room for most of the season. Now they were even.
“Dock Ellis was a hell of a guy,” Bevacqua said. “As crazy as he was … you know what? He just did crazy shit. He really wasn’t that crazy.”
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 May 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
50 years ago today
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 June 2020 12:03 (three years ago) link