We have written about people doing extraordinary things while tripping on acid and about LSD helping with certain disorders, but frankly, baseball great Dock Ellis takes the cake. Forty-seven years ...
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, a group of a few dozen people wearing baseball caps and athletic gear carry bags of baseball bats and buckets of balls to Gardner Field in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill ...
On this date in 1970, Pittsburgh Pirates starter Dock Ellis tossed a no-hitter against the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. Famously, he did so while tripping on acid. At least if you ...
Three years ago, a documentary about former major league pitcher Dock Ellis reminded us of what a compelling story, what a trip his 12-year baseball career was. Now, the hurler’s story has a chance to ...
After President Lyndon B. Johnson declared Sunday, April 7, 1968 a national day of mourning for Martin Luther King Junior, who had been assassinated on April 4th, the vast majority of professional ...
In 1970, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD. Now, nine years after his death at age 63, Dock Ellis’ name is synonymous with the baseball game he pitched while ...
O’Shea Jackson Jr. is set to star in a still-untitled biopic about Major League Baseball player Dock Ellis. Ellis played in the major leagues for 12 years and went to two World Series before he ...
Columbus Short and Artistry Films are developing a film based on the life of the late major league baseball player Dock Ellis, Variety has learned exclusively. The project, titled “Ellis D,” is ...
In his psychedelics-induced mind, Ellis thought he was pitching to Jimi Hendrix who was holding his guitar instead of a bat. “It was easier to pitch with the LSD," Ellis said. "That’s the way I was ...
A drug-fueled 1970 game pitched by Dock Ellis prompted one filmmaker's quest into the life of the MLB legend. By Matt Patches No No Sundance Film Still - H 2014 On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no ...
O’Shea Jackson Jr. has been set to star in an untitled movie about the life of the late Major League Baseball pitcher Dock Ellis. “Hacksaw Ridge” producer David Permut, Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube are ...