![]() ![]() Knowing there was more to the American athlete than nine psychedelic innings, director Jeffrey Radice, a security engineer at the communications company Polycom by day/documentarian by night, set out to uncover the expanded history of Dock Ellis. Thanks to his transcendent “no-no” with the Pirates, a career of eccentric on-field quirks, Civil Rights activism, and an anti-drug advocacy stance that dominated his post-baseball career, the “Muhammad Ali of Baseball” was defined by his LSD trip. It’s a feat that few have accomplished - in 136 years of baseball, 276 no-hitters have been recorded - but that day went from milestone to folk story when the pitcher later revealed his perfect game was thrown while high on LSD.Īt the time, LSD, “greenies” (amphetamines), cocaine, and other drugs were running rampant through Major League Baseball - a somewhat known but hush-hush epidemic. ![]() On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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