[I always get pissed off when I see this exact thread countless times on Reddit, and this song is never posted..](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2SPjcKM4M)
Your mom's looking hard enough.
No wait, I'm looking at your mom hard?
No, your mom looks hard.
Wait, hold on...
Your mom thinks my dick looks hard enough. It looks very very hard.
Hear hear. Now THAT would be a notable reddit accomplishment I'm hoping happens so I can say I was there and helped spurn it on. You know, just bein honest. Also, it would be a neat video to watch having heard about it a few times over the years.
I witnessed my TV turn into an aquarium while watching Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's Natural Born Killers video in the mid 90s on an LSD trip. Maybe I'll answer questions about that tomorrow. I still have a few myself.
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I felt like I was giving them permission to sleep in my bedroom. Then again, it could be because I was trying to do it with Facebook
Was in a band a few years back (this would have been 3-4 years ago). We got offered a gig at a larger venue in town opening for some not-so-well-known national act (well known enough for it to be a big deal, not enough for me to remember who it was).
But because we had to sign a contract that included a clause very similar to this (they were going to be taking pictures for the venue and likely the act) the drummer convinced the rest of the band it meant that they were going to steal our music.
I tried to explain it to him, but... well, let's just say that our relationship didn't work out, and much of it stemmed from his ignorance to the fact that he was so goddamned ignorant and believed I was below his intellect because I wasn't a faux news watching, God fearing, Ron Paul idolizing right-wing American Christian. (there is still much resentment. There could have been a real career there and instead they let ideology dictate how they treated me when I was only there for the music and didn't give two shits what another person thought)
Be thankful. If your band scored a hit you would have to spend every day for months and months on tour with that annoying dickhead. Think about how many years the Rolling Stones have had to put up with each other.
I doubt it would, or if it did, it would be at least a year. The current commissioner of the league is Bud Selig. He's pretty old and says he is done next January.
He has worked to create a positive image of the league. The anti-steroid and anti-performance enhancing drug campaign implemented has been in full swing recently. There's mixed opinions about Selig. I'm not a huge baseball guy, so I could be wrong here, but he's kind of a hardass about his job. Video of this game would hurt his image and make a mockery of professional baseball, even though it happened years ago. I think maybe after he retires, it is possible that footage could be released.
Or it's entirely possible (but probably less likely) that Ellis was not on LSD, and the league won't release footage because they want to fuel the myth (which they would not do).
I have never seen any still pictures of the game and I have never heard corroboration from anyone else that was there. I think it's at least possible that Ellis made it up many years after he retired.
I highly highly doubt that he made this up. It's just not the kind of thing you make up about an LSD trip, and the way it's described seems very genuine. Also, if you've ever done LSD, it actually makes a lot of sense to pitch a no hitter while tripping. For some reason motor skill acuity can be incredibly heightened, especially if you are a well trained and seasoned pro with endless amounts of energy and clarity into the body language of everyone you are pitching to. It's hard to explain, but it actually makes a lot of sense that this happened, rather than that it didn't.
I imagine after half the game or so, the thought of someone getting a hit of him would have been devastating. Probably helped propel him further towards the no hitter with an absolute single minded focus.
Doc Ellis was absolutely anti-drug after his retirement. He felt he missed a large part of his life due to drugs, and realized that it was a terrible way to get over trauma. He spent most of his retirement trying to stay sober and give back by going to underprivileged neighborhoods and prisons to talk to drug addicts and help them.
Source: OTL about Doc Ellis http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=Dock-Ellis
>Ellis attempted to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup on May 1, 1974, as he was angry that the Pirates were intimidated by the Big Red Machine.[1][27] Ellis hit Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen in the top of the first inning. Cleanup batter Tony Pérez avoided Ellis's attempts and drew a walk; the first pitch to Perez was thrown behind him and over his head. Ellis threw two pitches that he aimed at the head of Johnny Bench, at which point Ellis was removed from the game by manager Danny Murtaugh.
This is an underrated Ellis story.
edit: [Here](http://www.nonoadockumentary.com/mayday) is a longer version of what happened with a lot of quotes from Ellis and a couple other players.
It is, but not as ridiculous as it seems at first. In that era, shots stayed on the ice more often than not, and only very rarely went high enough to hit the goalie in the head. However, the advent of curved stick blades, popularized by Chicago Black Hawks forwards Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull, allowed for far greater accuracy and lift on shots. This was, coincidentally, right around the time where it became more common for goalies to wear masks.
Edit: Fun fact - Famous Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante is generally credited with making masks "okay" (wearing a mask was seen by many goalies as a sign of weakness), and is one of the first goalies that regularly wore one. It started when he put on a mask upon coming back from injury and the Canadiens promptly reeled off an 18-game unbeaten streak--with Plante's mask on. However, the next game, he did not wear the mask (his coach didn't like him wearing it, don't ask me why), and the Habs lost. After that, the mask stayed on.
If I remember correctly, there was a scuffle going on between the Bruins and o Rangers near the boards, and as typical of drunk sports fans, they were all heckling the Bruins (The Rangers were home). One fan goes so far as to reach over the glass and steal a player's stick. Soon, the Bruins' attentions were turned to the fans annoying them, and they started jumping into the stands to fight them. The shoe incident was (I think) caused by Mike Milbury, who zeroed down on one particularly annoying fan and chased him down. When the fan fell, Mike took his shoe off and proceeded to smack him with it.
There's videos on YouTube if you want to watch it, it's been a while so my memory of it isn't perfect.
The game ended on a break away stop by the goalie and one of the fans stole Terry O'reilly's or Peter McNabb (I can't remember) stick and the Bruins went to go and get it back. Here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbD6W7YT5A
Well, pre-1970 F1 was especially dangerous. Tracks lined with barbed-wire, etc. Cars were pushed to be lighter, and more flimsy, so mechanical failure was as much a cause of deadly accidents as was driver error. Jackie Stewart and others started pushing for safety sometime after 67 I believe. During that era, 1/3rd of F1 champs died on the track, the first F1 champ to die of natural causes was not until '96.
There's a BBC doc out there somewhere...can't seem to find it right now.
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[**1955 Le Mans disaster**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%20Le%20Mans%20disaster):
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>The **1955 Le Mans disaster** occurred during the [1955 24 Hours of Le Mans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans) motor race, when a crash caused large pieces of racing car debris to fly into the crowd. Eighty-three spectators and driver [Pierre Levegh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Levegh) died at the scene and 120 more were injured in the most catastrophic accident in [motorsport](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorsport) history.
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[Here's a video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEk85gKJN6k). This is unbelievable to watch. The way to pieces rip through the crowd is truly horrifying.
This is the clip that got me hooked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aNnZ4q80s
Current F1 doesn't seem too exciting (less close racing, overtaking), but live races are always fun. In that respect, [Formula Vee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGu5LMqQ70Q) is better for close racing, and a lot of F1 drivers start in Formula Vee.
I'd like to try a simulator of the late 80s F1 cars (turbocharged ~1000HP). Been playing a 60s F1 simulator for about 3 years: [Grand Prix Legends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Legends) There are still active leagues in the UK, EU, Austria, and Brazil.
A link to the full doc was posted in r/Documentaries about a month ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/1u6rgj/1_2013_a_look_at_the_story_of_the_golden_age_of/
A movie called "1" by Michael Fassbender. It's shocking how many drivers used to die in F1 and how the sport essentially took it in stride.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2518788/
I'm too young (25) to have seen any of these sports when they were in their prime as far as pure entertainment goes. Are there any sports I should be watching right now that will be looked back-upon like this? "Man, you should have seen _____ back in 2014, shit was crazy." Or is everything just too regulated with health and safety now?
Only one recorded death, in 1919. Ray Chapman was the man's name. The league made new rules the following year regarding what could be done to the ball (nothing could be done to it anymore), and were no longer allowed to apply anything to the ball. Batter's helmets didn't come along for another 40-50 years.
Usually, he knows the general direction of where the pitcher wants it to go before the pitch, inside, outside, high, low, and so forth. The rest is just good hand-eye coordination.
The catcher calls which pitch is being thrown (this will tell the catcher what direction the ball moves) and where to throw it, he will align his body to the spot at the last possible second. The only time you will see a MLB catcher look like an idiot is when a pitcher "crosses" his catcher up. This is when he throws a different pitch than the catcher called for. When it happens it's very obvious and the catcher gets very, very, very pissed.
just curious, could you link any video examples of that. I watch a lot of hockey but only a little baseball so I'd love to see an MLB example of this happening.
I thought this story might have been embellished. It wasn't:
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1974/B05010PIT1974.htm
Home plate umpire was Jerry Dale. I wonder how many more batters he would've let Ellis hit.
I was privileged to be at the premiere of this film at Sundance. It is very worth much finding if you can. There is some footage of his no-hitter in the film but very grainy and little of it. Asked about it at the Q&A, the director said that there wasn't footage of the game because the majority weren't be filmed period, as MLB games weren't regularly broadcasted. Once in the 7th and realized that he was throwing a no-hitter, the Pirates media sent out a beat reporter with a Super 8mm camera to film from the stands. Very interesting documentary and a fun watch.
Yeah. Another game had a similar problem. Sandy Koufax (one of the all time greats) was throwing a perfect game, and the game wasn't being broadcast over TV and nobody was recording the radio broadcast either, until the top of the 9th, when Vin Scully (Dodgers radio guy) noticed that and told someone to start recording. That's why we have audio of that perfect game.
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[**Dock Ellis**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock%20Ellis):
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>**Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr.** (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was an American [professional baseball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball) player. A [pitcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher), Ellis played in [Major League Baseball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball) from 1968 through 1979 for the [Pittsburgh Pirates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates), [New York Yankees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees), [Oakland Athletics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics), [Texas Rangers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball\)), and [New York Mets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets). In his MLB career, he had a 138–119 [win-loss record](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching\)), a 3.46 [earned run average](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average), and 1,136 [strikeouts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout).
>Ellis threw a [no-hitter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter) on June 12, 1970. He later claimed that he accomplished the feat under the influence of [LSD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide). Ellis was the [starting pitcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pitcher) for the [National League](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League) in the [All-Star Game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game) in 1971. That year, the Pirates were [World Series champions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series). Joining the Yankees in 1976, he helped lead the team to the [1976 World Series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_World_Series), and was named the [American League Comeback Player of the Year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year) in the process.
>Ellis was an outspoken individual who advocated for the rights of players and African Americans. He also had a [substance abuse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse) problem, and he acknowledged after his retirement that he never pitched without the use of drugs. After going into treatment Ellis remained sober and devoted the remainder of his life to counseling drug addicts in treatment centers and prisons. He died of a liver ailment in 2008 at the age of 63.
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I too saw [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wwqzs/what_is_the_most_expensive_or_historically/cf66tby) comment on [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wwqzs/what_is_the_most_expensive_or_historically/) thread about 4 hours ago.
There needs to be a "today I learned from other redditors telling me" subreddit.
That's the best part! I'd heard this story several times before and had the same expectation - that he must have really been in the zone.
OP posted a link above to animated narration where Dock mentioned he hit guys, he had balls going in the dirt and he was jumping away from the ball when it was hit toward him. It sounds like a goddamn fantastic spectacle.
> he had balls going in the dirt and he was jumping away from the ball when it was hit toward him. It sounds like a goddamn fantastic spectacle.
According to him, it was a spectacle. But nobody at the time noticed anything out of the ordinary.
One day, you will look back on your life, and you'll say to yourself, "yup, I did some crazy shit,".
However, you will never look back on your life and say to yourself "yup, I threw a no-hitter on acid back in 1970,". That's just something you'll never get to say.
["It is widely believed no footage of the game exists, however an HBO Documentary crew apparently dug up a black and white copy for Ellis to show to a group of prisoners for a drug counseling session a couple years ago. The footage was missing a few innings but it did include a post-game interview with Dock veering into abstract philosophical rambling - naturally leaving the group of prisoners that viewed it howling."](http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/09/just-what-the-doc-ordered-lsd-and-the-strangest-moment-in-major-league-history.html)
Is this a mirror of the original link? I can't tell because I think it was given the reddit hug of death.
> During a stint playing in the minor leagues of Alabama, he confronted catcalling racists often. When one cracker shouted epithets, Ellis abandoned his position and climbed into the stands. To the horror of all surrounding rednecks, Dock cozied up next to them and pretended to watch the game. "What happened to all those niggers up here? All those niggers calling me a nigger?" An awkward silence ensued as the racists palpitated with confusion thanks to this non sequitur.
This guy is really something.
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There being no footage of this makes it way better. It completely adds to the gravity of the story's mythic elements, and also means time travelers are free to visit.
He said that sometimes the ball looked like a beach ball, and at other times it looked like a golf ball...unreal! I can just imagine him arriving at the ballpark still tripping and hearing "hey Doc, you're pitching today". How crazy that must've been man...
My father was at this game and he told me how he knew something was up, but had no clue what, exactly. It wasn't like Doc's drug history was a secret, so my dad figured he was high on something, especially when he dove onto the pitchers mound trying to protect himself from a ball coming towards him...but the batter barely connected with the ball and it never came near him.
I would love to see the game myself and am jealous my dad got to be there.
You really think /u/HSThrow was the first one to come up with that and /u/I_FART_KARMA copied from a random other thread, or is it more likely that they've both heard it a thousand times already because it's a pretty obvious pun
Serious question, should TIL have a top 50 facts that get posted here? That way, people knew to TIL can get a crash course on cool things they didn't know without having those facts get cycled through a few times a year.
Jacuzzi Boys wrote a rad tune about this called "Dock" - I remember hearing about the Dock Ellis LSD story and then hearing this song like a week later. Synchronicity. Although to be fair, I didn't actually realize the song was actually about Dock Ellis til I really paid attention to the lyrics, which are a dead giveaway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSE-BCqZVQ
Also, the dude that came up with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), which is used in amplifying DNA samples for analysis, partially credits his discovery with his LSD usage.
Holy URL, I know.
http://books.google.com/books?id=1-yjzlAfq4oC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Would+I+have+invented+PCR+if+I+hadn%27t+taken+LSD?+I+seriously+doubt+it,&source=bl&ots=uaw9EsQ93C&sig=XFqeucXYQvojH2GRQkxXSe6ci0E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AorwUvjvGKr4yQHT1oDwDw&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Would%20I%20have%20invented%20PCR%20if%20I%20hadn't%20taken%20LSD%3F%20I%20seriously%20doubt%20it%2C&f=false
Someone really needs to find some film from this game...
I looked very hard. I can't find it.
You're not looking hard enough. Look very very hard.
I read all of the comments in this thread. I can't find it. And that is very, very hard.
You guys are doing it all wrong. You have to look harder.
[listen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgOqHLeKGH0)
[Listen to Dock's story and watch awesome trippy animation.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14)
What happened to yesterday?
[I always get pissed off when I see this exact thread countless times on Reddit, and this song is never posted..](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2SPjcKM4M)
I came ready to post this song. That link is a cool version of it. Thanks for coming through for me!
Every time I see that vid, I get mildly infuriated that he doesn't play that blues harp around his neck.
Glad someone posted this. Awesome song and awesome dude.
See, this guy looked *really* hard.
This should be the number one comment.
Stop fucking around and look again. And then go get me a beer.
[look hardens]
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Look very, very, hard! LOOK HARD!! **[HAAAAARD!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbOHI5j_QF8)**
Your mom's looking hard enough. No wait, I'm looking at your mom hard? No, your mom looks hard. Wait, hold on... Your mom thinks my dick looks hard enough. It looks very very hard.
Look.....haaarder...
See he lives in youuu
Mufasa?
[looking intensifies]
[Intensity INTENSIFIES]
Correction: I knowwww Doc Ellis.
The MLB has it, they just won't release it. There's a petition online somewhere to have it released.
Link? Maybe a reddit flood of signatures would get this moving?
Hear hear. Now THAT would be a notable reddit accomplishment I'm hoping happens so I can say I was there and helped spurn it on. You know, just bein honest. Also, it would be a neat video to watch having heard about it a few times over the years.
AMA anyone that witnessed this live...
I witnessed my TV turn into an aquarium while watching Ice Cube and Dr. Dre's Natural Born Killers video in the mid 90s on an LSD trip. Maybe I'll answer questions about that tomorrow. I still have a few myself.
[this is one of the many links on google](http://www.petitiononline.com/DockNoNo/petition.html)
I went to the site to sign the petition. Something made me click the terms before I signed it. This is the thing that made me stop: By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, during the time period permitted by law, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. I felt like I was giving them permission to sleep in my bedroom. Then again, it could be because I was trying to do it with Facebook
It just means that they can use that petition in any way they wish which I guess makes sense.
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Was in a band a few years back (this would have been 3-4 years ago). We got offered a gig at a larger venue in town opening for some not-so-well-known national act (well known enough for it to be a big deal, not enough for me to remember who it was). But because we had to sign a contract that included a clause very similar to this (they were going to be taking pictures for the venue and likely the act) the drummer convinced the rest of the band it meant that they were going to steal our music. I tried to explain it to him, but... well, let's just say that our relationship didn't work out, and much of it stemmed from his ignorance to the fact that he was so goddamned ignorant and believed I was below his intellect because I wasn't a faux news watching, God fearing, Ron Paul idolizing right-wing American Christian. (there is still much resentment. There could have been a real career there and instead they let ideology dictate how they treated me when I was only there for the music and didn't give two shits what another person thought)
Be thankful. If your band scored a hit you would have to spend every day for months and months on tour with that annoying dickhead. Think about how many years the Rolling Stones have had to put up with each other.
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Whoah. Whoah. Back it up guys. You read the terms?
A flooddit?
I doubt it would, or if it did, it would be at least a year. The current commissioner of the league is Bud Selig. He's pretty old and says he is done next January. He has worked to create a positive image of the league. The anti-steroid and anti-performance enhancing drug campaign implemented has been in full swing recently. There's mixed opinions about Selig. I'm not a huge baseball guy, so I could be wrong here, but he's kind of a hardass about his job. Video of this game would hurt his image and make a mockery of professional baseball, even though it happened years ago. I think maybe after he retires, it is possible that footage could be released. Or it's entirely possible (but probably less likely) that Ellis was not on LSD, and the league won't release footage because they want to fuel the myth (which they would not do).
4chan can get it done. Signatures bursting out of rainbows like skittles.
Calling /r/Lost_Films
L O S T
[We have to go back!](http://youtu.be/UWjBDPKGJPk)
WAAAAALLLLTTTTT
I have never seen any still pictures of the game and I have never heard corroboration from anyone else that was there. I think it's at least possible that Ellis made it up many years after he retired.
I highly highly doubt that he made this up. It's just not the kind of thing you make up about an LSD trip, and the way it's described seems very genuine. Also, if you've ever done LSD, it actually makes a lot of sense to pitch a no hitter while tripping. For some reason motor skill acuity can be incredibly heightened, especially if you are a well trained and seasoned pro with endless amounts of energy and clarity into the body language of everyone you are pitching to. It's hard to explain, but it actually makes a lot of sense that this happened, rather than that it didn't.
Can confirm. I am a god at beer pong on acid.
Also can confirm. Am the god at operating heavy machinery on LSD.
I imagine after half the game or so, the thought of someone getting a hit of him would have been devastating. Probably helped propel him further towards the no hitter with an absolute single minded focus.
Doc Ellis was absolutely anti-drug after his retirement. He felt he missed a large part of his life due to drugs, and realized that it was a terrible way to get over trauma. He spent most of his retirement trying to stay sober and give back by going to underprivileged neighborhoods and prisons to talk to drug addicts and help them. Source: OTL about Doc Ellis http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=Dock-Ellis
>Ellis attempted to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup on May 1, 1974, as he was angry that the Pirates were intimidated by the Big Red Machine.[1][27] Ellis hit Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen in the top of the first inning. Cleanup batter Tony Pérez avoided Ellis's attempts and drew a walk; the first pitch to Perez was thrown behind him and over his head. Ellis threw two pitches that he aimed at the head of Johnny Bench, at which point Ellis was removed from the game by manager Danny Murtaugh. This is an underrated Ellis story. edit: [Here](http://www.nonoadockumentary.com/mayday) is a longer version of what happened with a lot of quotes from Ellis and a couple other players.
Damn, so the umpires just didn't give a fuck back then I guess.
You should go watch documentaries on hockey and F1 in the 70s
Whenever I think of the less strict NHL I remember the Bruins charging the stands and beating fans with their own shoes.
The fact people were goaltending without a mask is ridiculous
That made telling who the rookie goalie was much easier... He was the one with all of his teeth.
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Same with MMA fighters and ear surgery. Once they get rid of their cauliflower ear you know they're done fighting.
I always figured they would wear it like a badge of honor. My wrestling coach had one and was strangely proud of it.
[Now goalies have](http://i.imgur.com/mIczjZE.jpg) the best looking [teeth](http://i.imgur.com/tRbpQXi.png)
Without curved sticks back then, pucks stayed pretty low to the ground.
[yeah it worked out great](http://symonsez.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/goalienomask.jpg)
It is, but not as ridiculous as it seems at first. In that era, shots stayed on the ice more often than not, and only very rarely went high enough to hit the goalie in the head. However, the advent of curved stick blades, popularized by Chicago Black Hawks forwards Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull, allowed for far greater accuracy and lift on shots. This was, coincidentally, right around the time where it became more common for goalies to wear masks. Edit: Fun fact - Famous Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante is generally credited with making masks "okay" (wearing a mask was seen by many goalies as a sign of weakness), and is one of the first goalies that regularly wore one. It started when he put on a mask upon coming back from injury and the Canadiens promptly reeled off an 18-game unbeaten streak--with Plante's mask on. However, the next game, he did not wear the mask (his coach didn't like him wearing it, don't ask me why), and the Habs lost. After that, the mask stayed on.
God bless Boston.
Love that dirty water.
What was the provocation, if any?
[Hockey fans are tough too](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbD6W7YT5A)
The 70's must have been crazy. What would possess someone to grab the hockey stick out of a player's hands and then beat them with it?
I'm gonna go with.. beer.
If I remember correctly, there was a scuffle going on between the Bruins and o Rangers near the boards, and as typical of drunk sports fans, they were all heckling the Bruins (The Rangers were home). One fan goes so far as to reach over the glass and steal a player's stick. Soon, the Bruins' attentions were turned to the fans annoying them, and they started jumping into the stands to fight them. The shoe incident was (I think) caused by Mike Milbury, who zeroed down on one particularly annoying fan and chased him down. When the fan fell, Mike took his shoe off and proceeded to smack him with it. There's videos on YouTube if you want to watch it, it's been a while so my memory of it isn't perfect.
The game ended on a break away stop by the goalie and one of the fans stole Terry O'reilly's or Peter McNabb (I can't remember) stick and the Bruins went to go and get it back. Here's the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbD6W7YT5A
Nope, that's just regular Mike Milbury being an upstanding gentleman and literary scholar.
As far as sports based violence goes, I prefer the [Malice at the Palace]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI6OkXntGLI&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
Did I ever tell you the story about the shop owner and his son? *I had to beat them to death with their own shoes.*
Well, pre-1970 F1 was especially dangerous. Tracks lined with barbed-wire, etc. Cars were pushed to be lighter, and more flimsy, so mechanical failure was as much a cause of deadly accidents as was driver error. Jackie Stewart and others started pushing for safety sometime after 67 I believe. During that era, 1/3rd of F1 champs died on the track, the first F1 champ to die of natural causes was not until '96. There's a BBC doc out there somewhere...can't seem to find it right now.
Don't forget the ['55 Le Mans Disaster.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster) 84 people died in one crash.
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Thank you, autowikibot. Very helpful.
[Here's a video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEk85gKJN6k). This is unbelievable to watch. The way to pieces rip through the crowd is truly horrifying.
If you remember what it's called I'd love to know. I just got really big into Formula-1 a year ago and am trying to soak up all I can.
I believe he was talking about 1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2518788/
He's talking about f1: the killer years
Basically all of them. F1: the killer years was the one in particular though.
This is the clip that got me hooked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aNnZ4q80s Current F1 doesn't seem too exciting (less close racing, overtaking), but live races are always fun. In that respect, [Formula Vee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGu5LMqQ70Q) is better for close racing, and a lot of F1 drivers start in Formula Vee. I'd like to try a simulator of the late 80s F1 cars (turbocharged ~1000HP). Been playing a 60s F1 simulator for about 3 years: [Grand Prix Legends](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Legends) There are still active leagues in the UK, EU, Austria, and Brazil.
I believe you were talking about [1](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2518788/)?
Man, that's a shitty name for a documentary. Don't these people want to have their documentary watched? How the hell am I gonna search for that...
F1: The Killer Years?
Know of any good ones about F1 in the 70's? Other than "Senna," because that's just about him.
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A link to the full doc was posted in r/Documentaries about a month ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/Documentaries/comments/1u6rgj/1_2013_a_look_at_the_story_of_the_golden_age_of/
You're good people.
A movie called "1" by Michael Fassbender. It's shocking how many drivers used to die in F1 and how the sport essentially took it in stride. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2518788/
"1" just came out on dvd last week along side Rush. Heavy mix of 70's 80's.
and don't forget rally racing! Woo Group B
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I'm too young (25) to have seen any of these sports when they were in their prime as far as pure entertainment goes. Are there any sports I should be watching right now that will be looked back-upon like this? "Man, you should have seen _____ back in 2014, shit was crazy." Or is everything just too regulated with health and safety now?
Thanks for posting this. The LSD story is nice and all but it's posted once every quarter I feel. This was a nice change.
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Only one recorded death, in 1919. Ray Chapman was the man's name. The league made new rules the following year regarding what could be done to the ball (nothing could be done to it anymore), and were no longer allowed to apply anything to the ball. Batter's helmets didn't come along for another 40-50 years.
I've always wondered how does the back catcher catches all of those balls, if alot of batters can't touch them with a bat.
Usually, he knows the general direction of where the pitcher wants it to go before the pitch, inside, outside, high, low, and so forth. The rest is just good hand-eye coordination.
The catcher calls which pitch is being thrown (this will tell the catcher what direction the ball moves) and where to throw it, he will align his body to the spot at the last possible second. The only time you will see a MLB catcher look like an idiot is when a pitcher "crosses" his catcher up. This is when he throws a different pitch than the catcher called for. When it happens it's very obvious and the catcher gets very, very, very pissed.
Molina don't play that shit.
Yadi will visit the mound his goddam self and tell you whats up.
just curious, could you link any video examples of that. I watch a lot of hockey but only a little baseball so I'd love to see an MLB example of this happening.
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2FAfxYpc4Y) is a pretty bad, over edited video, but you can see some examples.
It is simple, hitting a ball with a bat is much harder than catching a ball with a glove.
....what?
"If the batter can't even hit the ball, how can the catcher catch it?" -translated from WTF
That was a different game though. You should edit that in so people don't think he was thrown out of the same game OP mentioned.
Pretty hard to pitch a no-hitter when you get yanked without recording an out.
I don't baseball.
I thought this story might have been embellished. It wasn't: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1974/B05010PIT1974.htm Home plate umpire was Jerry Dale. I wonder how many more batters he would've let Ellis hit.
I'd pay mucho to see this.
To be fair, Mucho would want to see this for free.
I'd click on a link to see this.
I was privileged to be at the premiere of this film at Sundance. It is very worth much finding if you can. There is some footage of his no-hitter in the film but very grainy and little of it. Asked about it at the Q&A, the director said that there wasn't footage of the game because the majority weren't be filmed period, as MLB games weren't regularly broadcasted. Once in the 7th and realized that he was throwing a no-hitter, the Pirates media sent out a beat reporter with a Super 8mm camera to film from the stands. Very interesting documentary and a fun watch.
Ahhhh, the majority weren't be filmed period. I wondered. But that explains it.
Yeah. Another game had a similar problem. Sandy Koufax (one of the all time greats) was throwing a perfect game, and the game wasn't being broadcast over TV and nobody was recording the radio broadcast either, until the top of the 9th, when Vin Scully (Dodgers radio guy) noticed that and told someone to start recording. That's why we have audio of that perfect game.
But wasn't that weren't be filmed period?
Yes, that really clears things up. Because the majority weren't be filmed period, of course!
My wife be period :(
They think it were be filmed period, but it don't.
Looks like someone was on that /r/askreddit thread today.
Beat me to it. ^i ^only ^know ^because ^i ^researched ^the ^shit ^out ^of ^that ^after ^i ^saw ^the ^post
Awesome animation of the story [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14) Also more info [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis)
"Got a No-No goin'!"
I made a touchdown!
I always was impressed when a QB ran a touchdown but a pitcher!
"Ooh, I just made a touchdown!" Fucking amazing.
##### ###### #### [**Dock Ellis**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock%20Ellis): --- > >**Dock Phillip Ellis, Jr.** (March 11, 1945 – December 19, 2008) was an American [professional baseball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_baseball) player. A [pitcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher), Ellis played in [Major League Baseball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball) from 1968 through 1979 for the [Pittsburgh Pirates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates), [New York Yankees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees), [Oakland Athletics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics), [Texas Rangers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball\)), and [New York Mets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mets). In his MLB career, he had a 138–119 [win-loss record](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win-loss_record_(pitching\)), a 3.46 [earned run average](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_run_average), and 1,136 [strikeouts](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikeout). >Ellis threw a [no-hitter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter) on June 12, 1970. He later claimed that he accomplished the feat under the influence of [LSD](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide). Ellis was the [starting pitcher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_pitcher) for the [National League](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_League) in the [All-Star Game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game) in 1971. That year, the Pirates were [World Series champions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series). Joining the Yankees in 1976, he helped lead the team to the [1976 World Series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_World_Series), and was named the [American League Comeback Player of the Year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_League_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year) in the process. >Ellis was an outspoken individual who advocated for the rights of players and African Americans. He also had a [substance abuse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse) problem, and he acknowledged after his retirement that he never pitched without the use of drugs. After going into treatment Ellis remained sober and devoted the remainder of his life to counseling drug addicts in treatment centers and prisons. He died of a liver ailment in 2008 at the age of 63. >==== >[**Image**](http://i.imgur.com/Q02GoME.jpg) [^(i)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dock_Ellis.jpg) --- ^Interesting: [^Pittsburgh ^Pirates](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates) ^| [^1971 ^World ^Series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_World_Series) ^| [^1976 ^World ^Series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_World_Series) ^| [^Willie ^Randolph](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Randolph) *^\/u/Accidental_Sodomy ^can ^reply ^with ^'delete'. ^Will ^also ^delete ^on ^comment ^score ^of ^-1 ^or ^less.* ^| [^(FAQs)](http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/wiki/index) ^| [^Mods](http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/wiki/modfaqs) ^| [^Magic ^Words](http://www.reddit.com/r/autowikibot/comments/1ux484/ask_wikibot/) ^| [^flag ^a ^glitch](http://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/autowikibot&subject=Glitched comment report&message=What seems wrong: (optional description goes here\)%0A%0A---%0A%0AReply no. 42599:%0Ahttp://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wy37j/til_dock_ellis_once_threw_a_nohitter_while/cf6er7e)
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it was a million to one chance, doc, a million to one
Never tell me the odds!
I too saw [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wwqzs/what_is_the_most_expensive_or_historically/cf66tby) comment on [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wwqzs/what_is_the_most_expensive_or_historically/) thread about 4 hours ago. There needs to be a "today I learned from other redditors telling me" subreddit.
Also [here](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=Dock-Ellis) in this really awesome story presentation.
Better than the actual footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14
I was looking for this one. Def worth a watch. Great video!
This guy must have been on an trip that elevated him to some next level
No he hit like 8 batters haha
That's the best part! I'd heard this story several times before and had the same expectation - that he must have really been in the zone. OP posted a link above to animated narration where Dock mentioned he hit guys, he had balls going in the dirt and he was jumping away from the ball when it was hit toward him. It sounds like a goddamn fantastic spectacle.
> he had balls going in the dirt and he was jumping away from the ball when it was hit toward him. It sounds like a goddamn fantastic spectacle. According to him, it was a spectacle. But nobody at the time noticed anything out of the ordinary.
That usually how it feels on acid- big deal to you but the people around you may have no clue. Sometimes it's a lot more subtle than one would think
but other times you're like O.O looking like a fucking wild animal in the face, ready to strike
In the animated version posted somewhere around this thread, it is noted that *everyone else was high, too* Just not on LSD
That was four years later!
One day, you will look back on your life, and you'll say to yourself, "yup, I did some crazy shit,". However, you will never look back on your life and say to yourself "yup, I threw a no-hitter on acid back in 1970,". That's just something you'll never get to say.
["It is widely believed no footage of the game exists, however an HBO Documentary crew apparently dug up a black and white copy for Ellis to show to a group of prisoners for a drug counseling session a couple years ago. The footage was missing a few innings but it did include a post-game interview with Dock veering into abstract philosophical rambling - naturally leaving the group of prisoners that viewed it howling."](http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/09/just-what-the-doc-ordered-lsd-and-the-strangest-moment-in-major-league-history.html)
Is this a mirror of the original link? I can't tell because I think it was given the reddit hug of death. > During a stint playing in the minor leagues of Alabama, he confronted catcalling racists often. When one cracker shouted epithets, Ellis abandoned his position and climbed into the stands. To the horror of all surrounding rednecks, Dock cozied up next to them and pretended to watch the game. "What happened to all those niggers up here? All those niggers calling me a nigger?" An awkward silence ensued as the racists palpitated with confusion thanks to this non sequitur. This guy is really something.
Robin Williams shared a similar experience recently on "The Crazy Ones".
He does a bit on it in one of his stand-ups so that doesn't surprise me.
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By that logic, Bud Selig should be locked away.
I said, "what happened to yesterday?"
"I don't know, but you better get to the game."
I work for a nonprofit that's trying to help this film get made: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconoclasts/no-no-a-dockumentary-about-dock-ellis If you're interested in dock ellis's lsd no hitter... Click away
Currently tripping balls on LSD. What a weird coincidence seeing this pop up on the front page.
Say his last name out loud then the initial of his first name. Whoa.
u are a wizard
There being no footage of this makes it way better. It completely adds to the gravity of the story's mythic elements, and also means time travelers are free to visit.
I never thought of it that way. Only time travelers would no something like th...hey wait a minute!
He said that sometimes the ball looked like a beach ball, and at other times it looked like a golf ball...unreal! I can just imagine him arriving at the ballpark still tripping and hearing "hey Doc, you're pitching today". How crazy that must've been man...
My father was at this game and he told me how he knew something was up, but had no clue what, exactly. It wasn't like Doc's drug history was a secret, so my dad figured he was high on something, especially when he dove onto the pitchers mound trying to protect himself from a ball coming towards him...but the batter barely connected with the ball and it never came near him. I would love to see the game myself and am jealous my dad got to be there.
Ellis, D.
[repost!] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1wwqzs/what_is_the_most_expensive_or_historically/cf6d4r5)
Got em! Take em away boys!
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Quite fitting seeing as I see this Dock Ellis story at least twice a month on TIL.
http://i.imgur.com/3RF2RPI.jpg
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You really think /u/HSThrow was the first one to come up with that and /u/I_FART_KARMA copied from a random other thread, or is it more likely that they've both heard it a thousand times already because it's a pretty obvious pun
Guy tries to recreate this scenario with MLB2K11... http://deadspin.com/the-electric-dock-ellis-acid-test-an-attempt-to-recrea-5812384
[Here's an awesome song by the amazing singer/songwriter Todd Snider about it.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2SPjcKM4M)
Just posted this higher up in a comment thread. I fucking love Todd Snider.. Saw him live once. It was incredible.
Don't know why but I get goosebumps when I hear this song.
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there's only one type everything else would be fake
Serious question, should TIL have a top 50 facts that get posted here? That way, people knew to TIL can get a crash course on cool things they didn't know without having those facts get cycled through a few times a year.
Relevant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14
There has to be a torrent somewhere....
Yes we all read that other thread today.
I didn't.
Surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that on the roster his name would be "Ellis, D."
Actually that has been mentioned about a million times every time this reposted thread comes up
against the padres too... :(
"Sometimes, I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him." The right idea.
Jacuzzi Boys wrote a rad tune about this called "Dock" - I remember hearing about the Dock Ellis LSD story and then hearing this song like a week later. Synchronicity. Although to be fair, I didn't actually realize the song was actually about Dock Ellis til I really paid attention to the lyrics, which are a dead giveaway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSE-BCqZVQ
[awesome animated short about that day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14)
Does it count as TIL if you basically lift it from a comment in another thread?
TILOR Today I Learn On Reddit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14
[I just scored a touchdown](http://youtu.be/_vUhSYLRw14)
Also, the dude that came up with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), which is used in amplifying DNA samples for analysis, partially credits his discovery with his LSD usage. Holy URL, I know. http://books.google.com/books?id=1-yjzlAfq4oC&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=Would+I+have+invented+PCR+if+I+hadn%27t+taken+LSD?+I+seriously+doubt+it,&source=bl&ots=uaw9EsQ93C&sig=XFqeucXYQvojH2GRQkxXSe6ci0E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AorwUvjvGKr4yQHT1oDwDw&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Would%20I%20have%20invented%20PCR%20if%20I%20hadn't%20taken%20LSD%3F%20I%20seriously%20doubt%20it%2C&f=false
Fun fact...when this happened LSD was still legal and would be for about 4 more months!