RIP, you cool motherf*cker.

That was awesome.

A fitting tribute to a crazy story.

I enjoyed the video


/stoned

That was fun.

Yay, Dock Ellis!

/still have his baseball card

The greatest story in professional baseball that no one would ever tell their little leaguers.

All these cool stories about people that used to do drugs...all those great musicians. Why the War on Drugs?

Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

I am beside myself. I did not read the article below the video until it ended. I was telling myself, "Shait, that's Dock! That's the Gunner!

When I was living in the 'Burgh, I used to listen to all the Pirate broadcasts on KDKA; including the pre-game and post-game shows, so I immediately recognized the voices.

I truly miss Bob Prince.

That is the greatest. Seriously, thank you for posting this.

Peter.

jaylectricity: All these cool stories about people that used to do drugs...all those great musicians. Why the War on Drugs?

Conformity. Greed. Control.

You know, the usual.

Awesome to think that my grandpa probably watched this game/listened to it on the radio. He'd probably remember it today too.

Course I wouldn't ever tell him Dock was on acid.

drewkumo: Awesome to think that my grandpa probably watched this game/listened to it on the radio. He'd probably remember it today too.

Course I wouldn't ever tell him Dock was on acid.

This grandpa knows. Yours wouldn't have been shocked or disappointed.

I heard the game, as I listened to almost all of them.

Dock was cool, for sure.

No one, and I mean no one, in the history of humanity, has ever been as happy as Ellis must have been after that final out. I can't even imagine it.

That was awesome.

I have to comment again because of what I noticed during my second pass through the video: the "green weenie" on Prince's desk.

This was a promotion of the Heinz Co., and fans were urged by the Gunner and the "Possum," Jim Woods, to shake them at the visiting team to put the hex on their rallies. This promotion actually started at Forbes Field. (Pirates didn't move into Three Rivers Stadium until July, I think.)

Great attention to detail that only a Pittsburgher would know.

Thanks again, poster.

/can remember 33,000 fans shaking those things
//what a trip

Cool story bro

/Another funny LSD story (new window)

Hilarious.

Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.

Because it's so rare. Over 5000 baseball games are played every year, and with 100+ years of history, that's easily in the neighbourhood of 500,000 games recorded. Of those 500k, 263 are no-hitters, or 0.05% of all baseball games. One half of one tenth of one percent. And perfect games (27 straight outs, no errors or BBs) are even more rare: I think there's only been about a dozen or so.

But soccer shutouts happen all the time. An exciting soccer game would be like a 10-8 score, because a score like that doesn't happen often (or at all? I have yet to see one).

i posted this 2 days ago and got redded!!!

amazing animation still.

relaxitsjustme: Cool story bro

/Another funny LSD story (new window)

That's pretty interesting actually.

'I can feel my knees again, I think it's starting to wear off. This is a pretty good drawing - this pencil is mighty hard to hold' - (he is holding a crayon).'

What the hell is going on? It's 8:45am and there is not a Mangini/Cleveland headline in the sports tab. The mods are failing us.

Here's a link to the game. (new window) 8 walks, 1 HPB, and 3 SB's and no runs or hits! Game score of 85! WHILST TRIPPING BALLS! Nice work, Dock. Also, the bases were never loaded, but he did have a putout, and he did get that touchdown.

Todd Snider also has a great song based on the game. Link (new window)

this was wonderful!

Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

Excellent point, baseball = boring = soccer (football)

You can't come up with a more ridiculous sports story. I've done LSD and all I did was laugh and act weird. No way I could pitch or hit or do anything. Dock did what no one can do.

/I'm permanently fried

From Wiki

Because the no-hitter was the first game of a double header, Ellis was forced to keep track of the pitch count for the night game.

That sounds every bit as daunting as throwing the no-hitter.

Man, he had to bat, too. And it looks like at least one of his at-bats didn't end up in a strikeout. That's pretty damned amazing.

I think Dock Ellis mostly made-up this story, a good decade-plus after it happened. In fact, it was long after his retirement that he first spoke of it.

Of course, this is a "Fark Drug Thread", so ignore me and go on believing that acid makes you accomplish wonderful athletic achievements.

MoldyLoaf: Of course, this is a "Fark Drug Thread", so ignore me and go on believing that acid makes you accomplish wonderful athletic achievements.

Hey, who's the narc?!?!

HATE CRIME!!!

Why is there no video recording of this anywhere on the net?

MoldyLoaf: I think Dock Ellis mostly made-up this story, a good decade-plus after it happened. In fact, it was long after his retirement that he first spoke of it.

Of course, this is a "Fark Drug Thread", so ignore me and go on believing that acid makes you accomplish wonderful athletic achievements.

Did LSD kill your mom or something, Captain Sandyvagina?

/You go on believing no one on drugs achieves anything.

Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

A no hitter means no hits as in the statistic, not the lack of the bat making contact with the ball.

We can't pitch a no-hitter here - this is bat country!

dimoko: i posted this 2 days ago and got redded!!!

amazing animation still.

My headline was better?

/subby

Resin33: Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

A no hitter means no hits as in the statistic, not the lack of the bat making contact with the ball.

So youre telling me that a no hitter has several hits? I was very confused in the video when balls were being hit during a no hitter. Baseball doesnt make any farking sense.

Zel: Resin33: Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

A no hitter means no hits as in the statistic, not the lack of the bat making contact with the ball.

So youre telling me that a no hitter has several hits? I was very confused in the video when balls were being hit during a no hitter. Baseball doesnt make any farking sense.

It makes perfect sense, you just don't understand it. Big difference.

A bat making contact with a ball that goes foul or gets caught doesn't count as a hit, neither does someone getting walked to base. Not confusing.

Zel: A no hitter means no hits as in the statistic, not the lack of the bat making contact with the ball.

So youre telling me that a no hitter has several hits? I was very confused in the video when balls were being hit during a no hitter. Baseball doesnt make any farking sense.

I understand your confusion.
Baseball statistics/scoring use a specific definition for hit, which means the batter also makes it to First Base without being put out.
You can hit the ball without it being classified on the scorecard as a hit.

For example:
1) you could hit a pop-up which is then caught for a Flyball out.
2) you could hit a line-drive which is then caught for a Lineout.
3) you you could hit a ground ball which is thrown to First Base before the Batter/Runner reaches it, for a Groundout.
4) you could hit a ball to a fielder and have it bounce out of his glove and the Batter/Runner reaches First Base on an Error.
5) with two strikes, you could Bunt foul - making contact with the ball but classified a Strike Out.

There are other ways for a Batter to reach First Base - Walk, or Hit By Pitch.
A Pitcher could hit every Batter by pitches and still have it be a no-hitter.
It is also possible to lose a no-hitter.

A no-hitter where no Batters ever reach First Base is a Perfect Game.

No_One_Special:
It makes perfect sense, you just don't understand it. Big difference.

I should have Refreshed. I was being too pedantic.

I'd love to find footage of this game somewhere.

Only article I ever read in Playboy Magazine was this story a long time ago.

dickkopf:
Great attention to detail that only a Pittsburgher would know.

But one lack of attention to detail that a non-Padre fan wouldn't know - the sketch of Jack Murphy Stadium at the beginning of the video is post-1997 reconfiguration Jack Murphy-cum-Qualcomm Stadium, when the seats around the scoreboard were filled in. 1970's Murph was open at that end. Other than that that was a cool-ass video

Zel: Resin33: Bunnyhat: Why is a no-hitter so much more exciting to people who then scuff at the notion that Soccer can't be exciting cause there's not much scoring.


If I wanted to see a bunch of guys missing the ball over and over again I would watch....errr....baseball I guess?

A no hitter means no hits as in the statistic, not the lack of the bat making contact with the ball.

So youre telling me that a no hitter has several hits? I was very confused in the video when balls were being hit during a no hitter. Baseball doesnt make any farking sense.

A no hitter means no one hits to base. It doesn't mean that the bat never makes contact with the ball. If you hit the ball but don't make it safely to first (or possibly second), it doesn't get recorded statistically as a hit (fly or ground out in most cases).

Leeroy Jenkems: dickkopf:
Great attention to detail that only a Pittsburgher would know.

But one lack of attention to detail that a non-Padre fan wouldn't know - the sketch of Jack Murphy Stadium at the beginning of the video is post-1997 reconfiguration Jack Murphy-cum-Qualcomm Stadium, when the seats around the scoreboard were filled in. 1970's Murph was open at that end. Other than that that was a cool-ass video

Attended a Padres/Pirates in that stadium in 1969, when I was stationed on Coronado Island. The ferry was very cool; the bridge was not quite completed. San Diego was nice then. Now? meh.

Hot linked because I can really give a fark.

did the pirates immediately trade him away for a minor leager and 3 tins of dip?

The SF Seals - Dock Ellis (^)

From their great EP, The Baseball Trilogy


/You're welcome

Thanks for the info guys.