People You May Know: Dock Ellis

[Bill Floyd]

Wait, what?

The ball is small, the ball is large, the ball's path is already set out there in the misty air.  All I have to do is hurl this funky stitched projectile along its pre-ordained route, my muscles flexing and releasing, attuned to something larger than this stadium or this crowd or my teammates muted by ancient superstition and avoiding me like some melting thing.

Feel the stitches, the wild pitches, nerves singing hot with molten copper.

Streaks blazing into the catcher's mitt, oh man.  When my teammates charge the mound after the final pitch, there's a moment when I think they mean to attack.  

 

[Kristine_ES]

this was definitely not someone I knew, but i'm glad you introduced us.  (had to look up lysergic) loves me some new words.

[Gita]

Oh, and I love your tag!

[Gita]

"You pitchin' a no-no!"

Great bit of baseball history. Love nerves singing hot with molten copper.

You could have overwritten this but you didn't. Fave.

[Teresa]

Funny/sad.  You hit a home run translating it into words.

[Angela]

Fascinating! Freaky video.  Love this one.  Your sixth sums it up perfectly.  I can only imagine.

[Paul de Denus]

Funny in a sad way though the video was hilareous- lots of juicing then and now

[Bill Floyd]

Watch an animated short of Dock's retelling of the events in question here.  Or read the Snopes (qualified) verification, along with other information on Dock's life and career.