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    Image of cockfightbarmitzvah cockfightbarmitzvah
    11/14/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    The LSD Hall of Fame my foundation has been trying to build for the past 30 years keeps falling down, so until then, can we get Dock into the Baseball Hall of Fame pronto? #drugs
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/14/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Every bit of this is wonderful. #drugs
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    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    "Because the no-hitter was the first game of a double header, Ellis was forced to keep track of the pitch count for the night game." [[en.wikipedia.org]]

    Q: "Hey, how many pitches does Veale have, Dock?"

    A: "Orange."
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    Image of J. Frank Parnell J. Frank Parnell
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    I think that I've watched this video, like, eight times now. Maybe nine. It just keeps getting better. #drugs
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    Image of VegasWasteland VegasWasteland
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    You know, to be fair he did get the no-no against the craptitude that was (and is) the Padres.
    I know, I am an unfortunate Friar fan. It sucks when the highlight of your fandom is getting swept by the Yankees in '98 (Jim Leyritz and his cockscrew swing anyone?) and/or thumped by the '84 Tigers.
    Oh well at least I'm not a Cubs fan... #drugs
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    Owen Good promoted this comment Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment VegasWasteland was starred VegasWasteland was unstarred
    Image of Owen Good Owen Good
    11/13/09

    @VegasWasteland: It was also in the Padres' second season of existence, which might be a factor in this. Plus Ellis walked eight. He was bailed out by great defense, or so I have read.

    It is still an awesome, fantastic piece of baseball lore, the kind of thing that could only happen in that sport. #drugs
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    This post made my freaking day. #drugs
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    Image of SavetoFavorites SavetoFavorites
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Nice period music choice, too. (I loves my Stax/Volt.)
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by SavetoFavorites at 11/13/09 4:22 PM SavetoFavorites was starred SavetoFavorites was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    There were famous photos of spiders on various drugs---normal web, the pot web---VERY messy and barely a quarter done--and the acid web, which was perfect and incredibly complex, like triple the strands the web would normally have. A web's web.
    Yeah, if you want to pitch a no hitter, try acid. Nothing like it for shake-free, complete concentration. #drugs
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    Image of wattwatt wattwatt
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Barbara Manning/The SF Seals have a song about the game called "Dock Ellis" Went to look for it on youtube -- it wasn't there, but damn, Mr. Ellis inspired quite a bit of music. Anyhow, found it on Manning's blog with along with links to a couple nice Ellis remembrances.

    [blog.barbaramanning.net] #drugs
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    Image of Moonshine Mike Moonshine Mike
    11/13/09

    @wattwatt: Thank you for mentioning this before I did. great song, great lady #drugs
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    Image of wattwatt wattwatt
    11/13/09

    @Moonshine Mike: Back when I was cool, sometime near the beginning of W's first term, a couple members of her band crashed on my living room floor when they were coming through the Twin Cities. Manning was incredibly sweet -- very California, all sunshine and hugs, which is not what I had been expecting from the woman who recorded Scissors, but there ya go. I got a little snide about the jam band that opened for her, and this one song they had about a band of vikings dropping acid, and she said she wished she had heard it -- and told me about "Dock Ellis." I then felt like a jackass. Which I was. #drugs
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    And suddenly the maxim that he who doesn't learn history's lessons is doomed to repeat them takes on new meaning.

    May I have another, Doc? #drugs
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Things to do this weekend... #drugs
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    Image of nathanieljames nathanieljames
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Steroids are for pussies. LSD and benzedrine are the PEDs of choice. (Take note, Brad Lidge.) #drugs
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    Image of harumph harumph
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    Learn more about Dock Ellis, he was a pretty insane person. #drugs
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    Image of PamBeesley PamBeesley
    11/13/09

    @harumph: Yes, I like the story where he tried to hit all the batters in a game. #drugs
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    Image of harumph harumph
    11/13/09

    @PamBeesley: Baseball would be so much better if people like this were playing now. #drugs
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    Image of Conrad Conrad
    11/13/09

    In reply to Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
    For a society (American) that hates drugs so much, we certainly idolize those that use them quite often. Do drugs kids, do them now. #drugs
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    Image of goetz goetz
    11/13/09

    @Conrad: I'm doing them as fast as I can! #drugs
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/13/09

    @goetz: I thanked a Vietnam veteran on Wednesday by scoring morphine off of him. He's my hero. #drugs
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/13/09

    @Airvault: after that story, now you are mine. kudos. #drugs
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    Image of afterabe afterabe
    11/09/09

    In reply to Baseball Contest Divides New York Congressional Delegation
    Political aspirations be damned!

    Met fans are Met fans. Yankee fans are Yankee fans. My father watched the Yankees when there was absolutely no other baseball on television. Although we lived within spitting distance of the stadium (and I use "spitting" because I'm sure that's what he did when he walked by it), the family never went to a game. We traveled to Queens to see the Mets, by subway I might add.

    He hated the Yankees. I mean, HATED the Yankees. All because the team dragged their feet on integration. They were the second to last MLB team to integrate, just before the much hated Boston Red Sox.

    Now, if only these politicians stick to important convictions when they are elected, the world would be a better place. #congress
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    allyzay promoted this comment afterabe was starred afterabe was unstarred
    Image of allyzay allyzay
    11/09/09

    @afterabe: There's a difference between being a fan of a team and being a dick about another team's good fortune. He wasn't being asked to give BJs to the entirety of the Yankees, they just asked him to sign a "Congratulations" letter, basically. It's just kind of a sad move. I mean, do you think every president wants and likes the players of every winning sports team? I mean, my god, can you imagine trying to have a conversation with Ben Roethlisberger? No, of course not, because that would be horrible, but they still invite them over or make a "Nice job!" phone call when teams win anyway.

    Thankfully no one will remember this in the future because who cares if a baseball fan (especially Mets fans, these days) acts like a big prick? That is called "Tuesday" so whatever. #congress
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