Ellis visited a friend in Los Angeles and used LSD "two or three times." Thinking it was still Thursday, he took a hit of LSD on Friday at noon, and his friend's girlfriend reminded him at 2:00 p.m. that he was scheduled to pitch that night. Ellis flew from Los Angeles to San Diego at 3:00 p.m. and arrived at the stadium at 4:30 p.m.; the game started at 6:05 p.m.
He was an All-Star and the Pirates won the World Series the next season.
“The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."
He also reported that for a while in the 4th inning he thought Richard Nixon was the umpire, and Jimi Hendrix was the hitter, holding a guitar rather than a bat.
-CherokeeNation on June 12nd, 2020 at 17:59 UTC »
Ellis, D.
TooShiftyForYou on June 12nd, 2020 at 19:03 UTC »
Ellis visited a friend in Los Angeles and used LSD "two or three times." Thinking it was still Thursday, he took a hit of LSD on Friday at noon, and his friend's girlfriend reminded him at 2:00 p.m. that he was scheduled to pitch that night. Ellis flew from Los Angeles to San Diego at 3:00 p.m. and arrived at the stadium at 4:30 p.m.; the game started at 6:05 p.m.
He was an All-Star and the Pirates won the World Series the next season.
Sluggo55 on June 12nd, 2020 at 19:53 UTC »
“The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."
He also reported that for a while in the 4th inning he thought Richard Nixon was the umpire, and Jimi Hendrix was the hitter, holding a guitar rather than a bat.