Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No

Dock Ellis was a major league pitcher who made a name for himself on the early 1970s as part of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team won the World Series in 1971, but it was Ellis' no-hitter the year before that put him in the spotlight.

During an interview in 1984, Ellis claimed that he had pitched that remarkable game while under the influence of LSD. Filmmaker James Blagden has taken the audio of that interview and added some hand-drawn animation to create this short...


[thanks to Jack Stabler for the link]

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