Dock Ellis

I heard on the local sports radio station last week that Dock Ellis had passed away, and I remembered instantly that I had just picked up a 1977 Topps card of his out of the commons bin at the local card shop. I am learning new things every week when it comes to baseball history, and I'm ashamed to admit that I had never heard of Dock Ellis before picking up this card.

Only today, when I read a post about him on Cardboard Gods did I realize how interesting this guy was. Josh already linked to this YouTube video, but I wanted to link to it here in case you didn't bother to check it out yet. Dock is describing a no-hitter he threw while under the influence of LSD...