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1k1mgm@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Christopher Gunn) writes:
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>In article <1992Jul27.223145.29992@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, andersom@spot.Colorado.EDU (Marc Anderson) writes:
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>> I'm writing another paper for my psychology class on LSD, and was wondering
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>> if anyone has a reference to that claim that some baseball dude pitched
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>> a no-hitter on acid, or whatever. (If no reference, at least a name to the
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>> baseball dude what be appreciated.)
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>
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>You're probably thinking of Dock Ellis (Pirates 68-75, Yankees 76,
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>traveled extensively 77-79), although my memory is a littly hazy
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>on the circumstances. Bill Lee (Boston 69-78, Montreal 79-82)
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>had some involvements with altered states, of course.
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>Dates from the MacMillan _Baseball Encyclopedia_, which sadly
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>doesn't have a "Stoned Register."
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>
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>Christopher Gunn Molecular Graphics and Modeling Lab
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>SPAN--KUPHSX::GUNN Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Malott Hall
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>913-864-4428 or -4495 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
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From: eesnyder@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric E. Snyder)
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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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Subject: Baseball
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Message-ID: <eesnyder.679609750@beagle>
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Date: 15 Jul 91 20:29:10 GMT
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***************** Anonymous Posting ***********************
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***************** Don't [Bl,F]ame Me **********************
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You may have heard about "no-hitter" that Bob Milacki's of the Oakland A's
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pitched last week. No-hitters are pretty rare and this one made the
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news everywhere. One of the local TV stations refered to it as
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Milacki's "no-no," a term that originated with Dock Ellis's no-hitter
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back on June 20th, 1970 for the Pirates.
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Dock pitched that game on acid. That fact didn't come out until almost
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15 years later. Here are some interesting excerpts from Eric Brothers
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account of the game in the August 1987 issue of High Times magazine:
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"Dock woke up late. Why shouldn't he? As far as he knew, the team had
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an off day and he planned to take full advantage of it. Three hits of
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LSD were ready and waiting in the refrigerator.
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"A few minutes later, his girlfriend returned with coffee, donuts, and
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the morning paper. At noon, they dropped acid. Dock put on a record,
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while his girlfriend read the paper.
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"Dock, it says here you're pitching today!"
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"Whaaaa...? said Dock groggily. He snatched the paper, scanned the box
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scores, and read:
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PITTSBURGH AT PADRES
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DOUBLEHEADER
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(6 P.M.) - Ellis (4-4) vs.
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Roberts (3-3)
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[He makes it to the game and after having someone help him find his
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locker, he suits up and enters the game.]
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"Dave Roberts, the Padres' pitcher, had an easy first inning, ending
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with Roberto Clemente hitting one back to the box. Dock marched to the
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mound, wondering if he'd last the inning.
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"His fingers tingled as he squeezed the ball. He squinted to see
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catcher Jerry May's hand signals. He nodded his head and went into his
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windup, falling slightly off balance in the process. The ball hit the
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ground about two feet in front of the plate and skipped into May's
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glove.
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"May signaled for a fastball outside. Dock wound up and threw a hot one
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over the the corner of the plate - a swinging strike! In was no
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ordinary pitch: The ball burst from Dock's hand and left a blazing,
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cometlike tail that remained visible long after the ball was caught.
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"Dock felt wobbly on the mound and his stomach was churning with acid
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cramps. His concentration, however, was superb. As long as he kept to
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his fastball, the comets kept burning across the plate. All he had to
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do was steer the ball down the multicolored path. Dock had a crazed
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look in his eyes and his lack of control was evident to the batters,
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many of whom were feeling increasingly vulnerable in the batter's box.
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Dock easily retired three batters in a row [in the second inning].
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[the seventh inning:]
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"The Pirates were clinging to their 1-0 lead. Dock was staring at the
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scoreboard when he realized he'd pitched hitless ball for seven innings.
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He smacked Cash on the arm.
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"Hey, look," said Dock, pointing at the scoreboard. "I've got a no-no
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going!"
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Cash gave him a blank look. "A no-no?" asked Cash. He'd never heard
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the term before. But Cash wanted to keep the pitcher loose and happy,
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so he smiled and said nothing.
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[He finished the game without a hit.]
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(Dock had a pretty good year in 1970. He went 13-10, and helped the
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Pirates win their first of three divisional championships. The fact
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that he pitched his no-hitter on LSD was not revealed until April 8,
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1984. [no details given])
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--
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David Honig
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"Don't you believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear."
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---Lou Reed
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