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I want to see if people think that Ellis truly did this. Here are his own words:
"I was in Los Angeles, and the team was playing in San Diego , but I didn't know it. I had taken LSD..... I thought it was an off-day, that's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at noon. At 1pm, his girlfriend and trip partner looked at the paper and said, "Dock, you're pitching today!"
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.
The game in question took place on 6-12-1970. In that game, he was a bit wild and struck out 6 while walking 8. I have never done LSD, so I'll have to take his word for it on what the trip was like. That's the problem with this whole thing, there is no way to disprove his statements.
2 things that make me wonder about this: 1) He never admitted this to anyone until 1984, until Donald Hall wrote a book on him. Could he have fabricated this to sell copies (i.e. David Wells "drunk"), or had it been long enough that he remembered the wrong game. 2) If he was tripping that badly, how is it no other player, coach, or even broadcaster even seemed to notice anything unusual? If somebody did know on the club, what manager in their right mind would let him pitch that day.
Anyway, I just want your thoughts on this.
"I was in Los Angeles, and the team was playing in San Diego , but I didn't know it. I had taken LSD..... I thought it was an off-day, that's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at noon. At 1pm, his girlfriend and trip partner looked at the paper and said, "Dock, you're pitching today!"
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.
The game in question took place on 6-12-1970. In that game, he was a bit wild and struck out 6 while walking 8. I have never done LSD, so I'll have to take his word for it on what the trip was like. That's the problem with this whole thing, there is no way to disprove his statements.
2 things that make me wonder about this: 1) He never admitted this to anyone until 1984, until Donald Hall wrote a book on him. Could he have fabricated this to sell copies (i.e. David Wells "drunk"), or had it been long enough that he remembered the wrong game. 2) If he was tripping that badly, how is it no other player, coach, or even broadcaster even seemed to notice anything unusual? If somebody did know on the club, what manager in their right mind would let him pitch that day.
Anyway, I just want your thoughts on this.
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