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You’ve probably never even heard of him, even if you know about baseball pretty well. If you have heard of him, then you’ve most likely heard about this story already. What’s interesting is that most people are completely unaware that this ever happened. Dock Ellis’s no hitter in 1970 was one of the more unique things to ever happen in baseball.

At the time, no one thought of his no hitter as a big deal. Surely, any no hitter is quite the accomplishment, but this one seemed no different than most. This one was very different though. In 1984, Ellis revealed that he threw his no hitter while he was high on LSD.

Why would a pitcher ever take drugs on the day of his start, you ask? Well, it wasn’t as if he purposely did this. He actually mistakenly believed that his next start wasn’t for a few days, so he had taken LSD on his day off, not thinking he would have to pitch until a few days later. When he learned that it was his turn to start, he rushed to the stadium immediately.

As far as the game goes, Ellis really doesn’t remember much of what happened. He says that all of his attention was on his catcher. Ellis was extremely wild during this game. He hit a few of his opponents and walked some batters. Somehow, they couldn’t hit his pitches either.

Teammates had to let him in on the past actions of the hurler. He had a few fielding chances, but jumped out of the way. Sometimes he said the ball looked very small, while other times it was big.

There’s no doubt that LSD is a drug that should never be taken. Ellis’s accomplishment is still extremely weird and intriguing though. No one would ever expect someone to pitch so well under the influence of such a powerful drug.

The feat will always be more infamous than famous, but this is one record that hopefully will never be broken. I’m not sure if anyone could if they tried.

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