# How to pitch a no-hitter while on acid **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654 "2005-06-24T10:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/1 "2005-06-24T10:47:58Z")
I just read an [article](http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-06-16/news/feature_print.html) on Dock Ellis and thought some of the other baseball fanatics around here might get a charge out of it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/2 "2005-06-24T11:08:30Z")
Didn’t Jim Bouton do that too? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/3 "2005-06-24T11:25:07Z")
No. No no-hitter for Bouton, and no acid. Otherwise, you’re fine. If I had thrown a no-hitter on acid like Ellis, it would have been a long time before I ever pitched again while NOT on acid, I’ll tell you that ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/4 "2005-06-24T11:31:41Z")
True dat. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/5 "2005-06-24T13:48:34Z")
Great link Chique… thanks for posting. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/6 "2005-06-24T19:36:41Z")
What an awesome read! Thanks chique. I’m a life-long Texas Rangers fan. I love the Nolan Ryan / Charlie Hough years. You gotta love a pitcher who smokes cigarettes between innings. E3 ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/7 "2005-06-25T02:22:36Z")
\*\*The SF Seals[/BB] did a great song about Ellis’ feat on their album [Baseball Trilogy](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000036RY/ref=m_art_li_2/103-5877548-4152616?v=glance&s=music). Highly recommended for baseball and L.S.D. fans. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pitch-a-no-hitter-while-on-acid/309654/8 "2005-06-25T16:51:21Z")
[Chuck Brodsky](http://www.chuckbrodsky.com/lyrics.html#TBB) also has a song about Dock Ellis, as well as a number of other unusual baseball episodes. He sort of downplays the “acid” part of the story, although once you know the background, it becomes a lot more obvious.