I was just out there throwing a baseball and having a great time. I didnРІР‚в„ўt know if I was facing Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. The bookРІР‚в„ўs early drafts included the LSD tale, but as Ellis had just joined the Yankees, he was afraid the admission might anger team owner George Steinbrenner, so the info was removed from the book. In the mid-РІР‚в„ў70s, Donald Hall, the former poetry editor of the Paris Review, who would become our countryРІР‚в„ўs poet laureate in 2006, wrote a biography of Ellis. РІР‚СљI was just out there throwing a baseball and having a great time.РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљI didnРІР‚в„ўt know if I was facing Hank Aaron, Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle,РІР‚Сњ said Ellis. Spinks says that two weeks later, Ellis told him about the LSD, and that he had been unable to see which players he was facing, making out only whether they had been left- or right-handed. They just thought it was Dock being РІР‚ВCrazy Dock.РІР‚в„ўРІР‚вЂ°РІР‚Сњ РІР‚СљNone of his teammates really knew what acid was. РІР‚СљHe said that knew he was high, but not what he was high on,РІР‚Сњ says Radice. Of course, Ellis didnРІР‚в„ўt go public about what condition he was in at the time, so no one who saw the game knew what they had just witnessed. He responded, РІР‚СљDid I see it? You should have seen it the way I saw it.РІР‚Сњ After the game, says Spinks, someone asked Ellis if he saw the gameРІР‚в„ўs final play. He pitched wildly through all nine innings, walking eight and hitting a batter, but managed to pitch a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory. РІР‚СљWhen he woke, he thought it was a day off, but he had already gone through 24 hours.РІР‚СњР”В®llis rushed to San Diego for the game. РІР‚СљHe was on such a bender that he lost track of time - he was partying for 24, 36 hours straight,РІР‚Сњ says Radice. He partied, fell asleep and took more LSD when he woke up. He took LSD, then went to a friendРІР‚в„ўs house in LA. That was one of his little rituals.РІР‚СњР”В«ut as wild as Ellis was, few could have predicted what heРІР‚в„ўd pull off on June 12, 1970, in a game against the San Diego Padres.Р”Р„ccording to Ellis, he flew into San Diego on June 11, one day before his next pitching assignment. He had a black light, and he would, and he would listen to Jimi Hendrix. РІР‚СљBy 1970, he had clearly experimented with LSD,РІР‚Сњ says Radice. РІР‚СљIt got to the point that when he went to a game and wasnРІР‚в„ўt pitching, he had to take greenies just to be able to concentrate and sit on the bench,РІР‚Сњ says Radice.Р”Р„nd there seemed to be no limit to EllisРІР‚в„ўs drug use. Jeff Radice, the filmРІР‚в„ўs director, says that EllisРІР‚в„ў use of pills became a full-on addiction. He did things higher and harder than anyone else.РІР‚Сњ Dock was a little bit more intense than I was. РІР‚СљIf he took 10 milligrams, I would take 20. We would try to see who could out-amphetamine one another,РІР‚Сњ says Spinks, noting that the normal dose was 5 milligrams. РІР‚СљWe did everything, tried everything and partied all the time. Scipio Spinks, ex-MLB pitcherР”Р„ccording to him, speed pills were consumed by around 90 percent of major-league players at the time. He did things higher and harder than anyone else. We would try to see who could out-amphetamine one anotherРІР‚В¦ Dock was a little bit more intense than I was. We did everything, tried everything and partied all the time. РІР‚СљI pitched every game in the major leagues under the influence of drugs,РІР‚Сњ he once said of his 12-year baseball career.Р”В®llis, who died in 2008, speaks in the film via interview footage. РІР‚СљWe were the two guys everybody said wouldnРІР‚в„ўt live to see 30,РІР‚Сњ says Spinks, talking to The Post about the release of РІР‚СљNo No: A Dockumentary,РІР‚Сњ a new film about Ellis, who gained notoriety for pitching a 1970 no-hitter under the influence of LSD. In 1970, Scipio Spinks and Dock Ellis were young Major League pitchers - Spinks for the Astros, Ellis for the Pirates - who had taken the eraРІР‚в„ўs free-love-and-free-drugs ethos to heart. MLB icon strikes out 17 in random outing against high school girls team 'Drunk' umpire booted from Mexican baseball game after flipping fans the bird Minor league mascot in hot water for exposing his 'pickle' Cause of death released after mother, son fall at Petco Park

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