Dock Ellis was not the biggest name in baseball history, but he was a piece of it in 1970 when he fired a no-hitter. This is easily one of the weirder stories in sports history, and if you haven’t heard about it before, you’re in for a treat.

The funny thing is, it was not until 14 years later that we were told what made his no-hitter infamous: he was under the influence of LSD. Even more ironic about this all is the fact that he was working for an anti-drug program at the time when he finally admitted it.

Ellis by no means took LSD on purpose before the game. Had he known he was scheduled to start that day, he never would have taken the drugs. However, Ellis thought that it was his day off, and had decided to take the drugs with the knowledge that he wouldn’t pitch until later that week. This was a major blunder, as he soon learned that it was his day to pitch.

He would later say he remembers very little about the game. He focused solely on the catcher’s glove, and was pretty wild the entire game. He had numerous walks and hit batters, but no one could actually hit him.

There were points in the game where his teammates had to remind him what was going on. He’d forget where he was in the count and he ran away from the ball scared a few times when it was hit in his direction.

As amazing as Ellis’s accomplishment is, this can’t be praised. No professional athlete should be taking drugs, especially one who had worked with children telling them not to take drugs. Nonetheless, this is a story that people will talk about for a long time.

Ellis holds a record, but it’s a notorious one. While the idea of it is amusing, we should all hope that nothing like this ever happens again.

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