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Pitcher was on LSD while throwing no-hitter

sirbacon.org — A pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates admitted to being on LSD during a game in which he threw a no-hitter, something that absolutely defies possibility.

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  • mshifley, on 04/09/2008, -4/+359I think you need to be on LSD now to enjoy a Pirates game.
    • Kythas, on 04/09/2008, -8/+16The Pirates are still around?
      • logicalnoise, on 04/09/2008, -5/+16I'm a pirate.
        • tehsuck1, on 04/09/2008, -3/+6Yeeargh
          • YoctoYotta, on 04/09/2008, -3/+12......................................................... DO DRUGS, ESPECIALLY LSD!.......................................
          • dOOBiEx213, on 04/09/2008, -4/+4@MissTaturn
            Say, what you say. But I do believe the "hippie" has a stronger grasp of the English language than you. For future reference, please remember: The word "your" is the possessive form of you. "You're" is a contraction, or a combination of the words "you" and "are."
          • cr3ative, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10@MisTatum

            I think the more pressing issue here is the fact you are not in the kitchen.
          • tyywebb, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2@MissTatum
            You see people? This is what happens when you let girls on the internet.
        • patik, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1But I don't wanna be a pirate!
    • nemojonze, on 04/09/2008, -6/+13zing!
    • ThisIsntMyChili, on 04/09/2008, -14/+3You definitely don't, check out the video

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
      • MewtwoReturns, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12HA0 -- are you even TRYING? You might as well use uuiU.
      • ckpcw, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1you bastard!
      • alphabetagaga, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3You son of a bitch.
      • frieddonuts, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3See, the point of Rick Rolling is to try to get them to click on something that is believable.
    • zzzpoohzzz, on 04/09/2008, -1/+15pittsburgh pirates... rebuilding since 1992!
      • wageslaven, on 04/09/2008, -8/+3Pittsburgh Penguins: Home of Sidney Crosby BITCH!
        • zeromous, on 04/09/2008, -5/+2I can't wait to see sid the kid crying as he tries to explain how they lost to Ottawa with such a stacked team.

          Pitts is going nowhere with Hossa, and without Armstrong.
          • repmekevets, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1haha it's funny that we're 3-0 on ottawa.. proving you're a moron.
        • repmekevets, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2crosby + malkin + hossa + gonchar = stanley cup
          • zeromous, on 04/09/2008, -2/+1you couldn't do it last year, what makes you so sure this year.

            Watch Hossa disappear....with no one left to feed the kid and the beast.
      • repmekevets, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1for a good laugh, look at picture of barry bonds in a pirates uniform and compare it to what he looks like now. that juicing bastard must have gained 60 pounds.
    • worldchanger, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1yes!
    • Zindrix, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6I used to walk by the stadium every day on my way home, I never saw the place fill above the first tier of seats.
      • DickyT83, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4"i never saw the place fill the first seat."

        corrected.
      • desirecomplex, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I did also when I went to the art institute there. Its sad really.. It's such a beautiful stadium and the team does not do it justice.
        • Zindrix, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Actually, that's where I go to school now, thank god I moved out of those horrible dorms and then later that building was condemned.
    • aprestia, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3As a Pittsburgher, that hurts me. It really really does.
      • durant0s, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2As a Pittsburgher, it probably also hurts you that the Pirates have had a losing record for 15 straight seasons and if this is a losing season, then they would be the only club in pro sports history to have a losing record for 16 straight seasons. CONGRATS PITT!!!!
        • repmekevets, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1thanks *****
        • CrunchyDeluxe, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1And as a cheeseburger, it hurts that people keep biting my meat.
    • yohnstoppable, on 04/09/2008, -0/+6It wasn't really lsd. It was b12
    • Chuckdee916, on 04/09/2008, -4/+0I think that goes for all baseball... It's the new hockey. America's pasttime is one boring, horrendous, and back-stabbing, steroid injecting time.
  • mattryan44, on 04/09/2008, -19/+0haha..couldn't agree more.. Pretty insane that he did this though
  • jgoldstein55, on 04/09/2008, -12/+6Crazy story
    • philman467, on 04/09/2008, -0/+21996 called..they want their ***** website back
  • knicksfanjhb, on 04/09/2008, -1/+52They should start giving today's Pirates some LSD...maybe they will win a few games
  • teejaay, on 04/09/2008, -2/+138Amazing things in baseball happen when drugs are involved.
    • atdigg, on 04/09/2008, -2/+21Then amazing things should happen everyday....
    • hellotyler, on 04/09/2008, -3/+9Amazing things happen in baseball when drugs are involved.
      • CZzyzx41, on 04/09/2008, -3/+8Amazing things happen in baseball when drugs are involved.
        • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -3/+8Amazing things happen in baseball when drugs are involved.
        • BruceBogtrotter, on 04/09/2008, -2/+6Amazing things happen in drugs when baseball is involved.
        • YoctoYotta, on 04/09/2008, -2/+5Amazing things happen in drugs when baseball is involved.
        • Mpwns, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3Amazing things happen in drugs when baseball is involved.
        • zentehflash, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3Amazing things in drugs happen when baseball is involved.
        • sorepheet, on 04/09/2008, -2/+5Amazingly involved things happen when baseball is drugged?
        • discodeathopera, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3Amazing happen drugs when involved things are baseball involved
        • tyywebb, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Amazing things in baseball happen when drugs are involved.
      • goeatsmsht, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2Amazing baseball happens when drugs are involved.
        • mrmrok, on 04/09/2008, -1/+0Amazing things happen to the baseball when drugs are involved.
    • DSizzle, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12I went to Brewers opening day last week and drank and took oxycontin...although I never made it inside, it was pretty amazing.
    • discodeathopera, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1*756
  • bstory, on 04/09/2008, -1/+66Is LSD banned in pro sports?
    • Tamriel, on 04/09/2008, -4/+11It is in America, just like other illegal drugs (weed, coke, etc) but I'm not sure if it was back then. Still, I can't see it offering any advantage at all. I also have no idea what international sports organizations think about it. Good question.
      • cheezintern, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12like everything else in America, only as long as you don't get caught.
      • theuber1337, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4LSD has been illegal since 1967 in the United States. However, LSD can not be detected in any standard (or even the common thorough drug tests). So, no one would ever know if he was.
      • r00tus3r, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4You can't see it offering any advantage? Clearly you need to do more research on LSD.
    • mrfunktastic, on 04/09/2008, -18/+15A good tab of LSD can be a powerful thing, though I'd say mushrooms are always better. It breaks down the walls of reality and depending on the circumstances, you can either have a very bad trip or a mind-blowing god-like experience. Sounds like he found The Nines* that day and went from a Seven to a Nine. Great trip.

      *See the movie. It's good.
      • SoxSweepAgain, on 04/09/2008, -4/+18I don't do psychedelics anymore, at all, but I totally agree. Mushrooms were warm, soft, fun, uplifting. LSD felt so ungodly artificial and out-of-hand that you had to be balanced mentally to handle it properly, and those who weren't and tripped nearby were actually scary or trip-rippers at times.
        • howlinrain, on 04/09/2008, -5/+12Disagree, LSD does feel sort of unnatural but you can at least get around and be more active on it since it doesn't have such a ridiculous body high. And as for getting out of hand, the same thing can happen on any psychedelic, you just have to remember that brain chemistry really is a bitch and different people will always react differently to these chemicals. I know a guy who was arrested sleeping in his sleeping bag in the middle of an intersection while on mushrooms. Another who was arrested streaking through Key West because he was so out of it. A guy at my college jumped out os his 20th floor dorm room on them.I don't know anyone who has done anything comparable on LSD, although I'm sure it happens. No one should take any psychedelic if they aren't balanced mentally, as they can all bring out latent psychological problems.
          • popfrogs, on 04/09/2008, -0/+25This is like a top 3 of urban legends surrounding psychedelics.
          • Phendrana, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3All we need now is the one about the guy who thought he was a glass of juice and wouldn't let people touch him because he'd get spilled.
          • zeromous, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I am on mushrooms right now, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

            Popfrogs, yeah seriously.
          • howlinrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0Top 3 urban legends except each one is true. http://media.www.wkuherald.com/media/storage/paper ... thats a link to the story of the kid who jumped out of the building, I know it doesn't say it was mushrooms, but that is what the results came back as I just can't find a link to any story that has that in it. The other two were just good friends of mine so I can't prove to you that either happened. These aren't stories that claim psychedelics change your mind forever like the guy who thinks he is a glass of orange juice which is complete *****. The stories I mention are just of people who had psychological reactions while tripping, that were not permanent. That is when you know those kinds of stories are true. Personally, I wouldn't make this ***** up because I am fond of psychedelics, but from the experiences mentioned above I'm just saying that they aren't for everyone
          • howlinrain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0Well that link doesn't work. Lets try again http://media.www.wkuherald.com/media/storage/paper ...

            If that doesn't work Google wku suicide pft. Just trying to show I'm not making this up
        • juventus1, on 04/09/2008, -3/+7why are these getting dugg down?
        • dok333, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6I always described mushrooms as acid without "the fear"
        • skyroket, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3"why are these getting dugg down?"
          They're getting dugg down because all the person does is pick a comment near the top of the page that has a lot of votes and reply to it with their thoughts, regardless of how pertinent it is to the person they replied to. They do this so it gets more exposure, thus getting more votes (up or down), thus making their penis bigger. It's clinically proven.
      • Namaha, on 04/09/2008, -7/+15uhh. drugs are bad

        mmkay
    • PATSCRU, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12It is banned, but it's not nearly as traceable in the body as other drugs.
      • Brasky, on 04/09/2008, -5/+5Except for the whole not being able to string together a coherent sentence thing....
        • orangefly, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3lsd all time do the i....tell could never you....
        • theuber1337, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I can talk perfectly fine when I'm on it. Not everyone loses higher brain functions.
        • Pikk, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2it's not about losing higher brain function, more being overwhelmed by it...
      • RationalXubrnce, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2 It's not commonly tested for, no halucinogens are.
    • EricCiccone, on 04/09/2008, -3/+15I could see it allowing him to get "in the zone". From personal experience hallucinogens help me creatively in music, it lets me get in my creative zone, so for a professional baseball player, it might have let him get in his zone easier.

      Can't explain how he get through the pressure of maintaining a no hitter without loosing it!
      • amirman, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3jamband huh?
      • ronaldinho, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7He probably didn't even know he had a no-hitter until the day is over
      • behlib99, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Drinking a bottle of whine and a couple of shots of whiskey helps get me in the musically creative zone ...
        • skyroket, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8You want some cheese with that whine?
      • allengeer, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Every psychadelic user knows the terrifying cocept of "maintaining". Must. Maintain.
      • RationalXubrnce, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1 It also makes you winded from all of the blood rushing to your nervous system and away from your muscles. That's what surprises me, that he had the stamina for it.
    • disoriented, on 04/09/2008, -10/+2It may be illegal but that doesn't mean they test for it. Not to the extent of the NBA and cannabis though, where half the players are most likely high at any given point, because it's not tested for. As for LSD that ***** stays in your body the rest of your life so its highly traceable, through either hair or spinal tap testing. Maybe it did help him get in the zone, who knows.
      • ThugThrasher, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6The vast majority of LSD is OUT of your body by the time you finish tripping.
        I hate all the crazy things that get spread about LSD...spinal tap testing indeed...research these things before you talk about them, peopl
      • YoctoYotta, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd_myth1.shtm ...
      • shig, on 04/09/2008, -0/+9Detection of LSD is done via urine sample with a 24-72 time frame. It does not "stay in you body the rest of your life." It is a VERY expensive and a VERY rare test. It's more common during an autopsy examination and never through a spinal tap. That is a silly urban legend. None of the NIDA tests can detect LSD and it will not cause a false positive for another substance. The US Military halted all LSD testing because of only 4 positives out of 2million tests and the resulting cost-benefit analysis.

        That being said, there are roughly 2000 psychedelic substances known that are immune to even very rare and expensive tests.

        Have a safe trip.
    • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -7/+2I am sorry but did he just say is LSD banned in sports, and nobody is calling him in idiot? or do sports in America vito laws that the rest of the country has to follow.
      • wootup, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2He's asking if it is banned by the league, like steroids are, not if it's illegal in criminal terms. Everyone knows it's banned by the government, and nobody cares because the war on drugs is complete ***** anyways. And no, I am not a pothead and have never done LSD.
        • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -3/+2So if crack isn't banned by the league...you can smoke crack on second base and only get arrested...but not suspended from baseball? That's ***** up right there.
        • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1why? sounds fair to me :d and yes i am a pothead and i have 'done' lsd
      • SoupsMan, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5Um, anything illegal is also implied that it would be illegal in sports. The only thing that is legal in sports that is also illegal in real life is assault, otherwise sports such as football wouldn't work.
      • dannybuoyuk, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3You're all missing the point. The question was asked is this drug banned by the sports body - because if it is then you can get disqualified from playing your sport.

        We all know it's illegal and all people have to follow the same laws whether they play sport or not. But just because something is illegal, like ilegally parking your car, that doesn't get you banned from playing sports.
      • VIrus9, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2I'm pretty sure it was a joke. You folks really need to lighten up.
      • spinxter, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2There's a joke here somewhere about "Vito laws," but I just can't find it.
    • BobScratchit, on 04/09/2008, -2/+0I'm pretty sure if the cops can put you in jail for a long time if you do it then it's probably illegal in baseball too.
    • skyroket, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I wonder if that has something to do with the huge Department of Justice seal on that article's background.
    • jabelar, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0In addition to the general legality of it, I think many/most professional players have character clauses in their contracts.
    • MrColdheart, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1There is currently no way to test for LSD after the fact.
      (my understanding at least)
      • NiceStrei, on 04/15/2008, -0/+0There is, but it's a more expensive testing kit not included in the standardized testing (probation, job, etc.). So usually they don't test you for it unless they are specifically testing you for LSD, which is almost never.
  • Jabrams2, on 04/09/2008, -7/+0depends on if its was the clear or the cream
  • bcuban, on 04/09/2008, -8/+44I have met Dock Ellis. Being from Pittsburgh and an avid pirates fan I have known about this story for years...
    • mrsammercer, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10I'm from the burgh, but haven't ever heard this. I was only two in '84 though, so maybe it's before my time. That's insane. How could he even take the mound while keeping his head in front of all those people??
      • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1well he was already used to the crowds, and competition, plus he's a pro, and you usually don't lose any motor coordination on a reasonable lsd trip. plus he didn't say he ingested some 'heroic' amount. a light trip was probably the way to go, and that's probably what he did, and if so it obviously worked out for him :)
    • Gryffydd, on 04/09/2008, -2/+18I've known about this story for years due to the number of times it's been on digg.
    • SoxSweepAgain, on 04/09/2008, -7/+2I've also known about this forever.
    • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -10/+5I've also known that baseball sucks.
    • Zindrix, on 04/09/2008, -6/+4You're a Pirates fan? How does it feel knowing you are a one of a kind?
      • Bing11, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6You're a Yankees fan? How does it feel to be one of the herd?

        Seriously, unless they're a rival team, why bother going out of your way to insult them or their fan base?

        Good luck to the Pirates - hopefully they'll shake things up a bit this year.
      • aprestia, on 04/09/2008, -1/+4No no, I'm a Pirates fan too, so were at least TWO of a kind.
      • repmekevets, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1i'm a pirates fan as well
      • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2I 'm a Pirate
      • Zindrix, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1I don't even watch baseball, but I have never met a Pirates fan inside or outside of Pittsburgh while living here for over a year.
    • mcfly1204, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Thanks for that insider info then friend.
    • Tokyosexwhale, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1I did hear about this quite a while ago. There are several historical baseball sites out there that have been reporting this for years. Still, great story.
  • Jabrams2, on 04/09/2008, -5/+10Yea of course people from Pittsburgh would know this. Being from the New York area, I never knew this story and am pretty sure tons of other people haven't heard about it either.
    • bcuban, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Im glad you posted it, I had forgotten about it. Love the baseball card!
  • whoreable, on 04/09/2008, -16/+3I would call *****, but it was towards the end of his trip so i guess it could happen. In other news he was totally peeking on the plane. Im sure he was looking out the window at the clouds.
    • PATSCRU, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8This story isn't *****, it's a well known baseball story, and it's been confirmed in multiple news reports and interviews.
      • whoreable, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1yeah because people said it was true means it really happened.
    • yosempai, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Peeking at whom?
    • fluxion, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2wouldnt call *****, but:

      "The Pirates won the game, 2-0, although Ellis walked eight batters."

      makes you wonder how many of those "no-hitters" were way-off pitches. i'd love to see a recording of this game, sometime youtube this ish
  • NachoBusiness, on 04/09/2008, -17/+160A 24-year-old story about something that happened 38 years ago? Even by Digg standards this is old news... I thought everybody knew about this.
    • hammburglar, on 04/09/2008, -1/+24so did you guys hear about pete rose betting on baseball? i cant believe it!
      • ichbeineinrcg, on 04/09/2008, -1/+6I can't believe they sat my boy Wally Pip for this Gehrig punk. Wally's a reliable guy--I don't think Gehrig has the talent to contribute long term!
        • goeatsmsht, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2That punk may just well be the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.
    • Rayhush, on 04/09/2008, -1/+20I never heard about it, and thanks to Digg I was able to share a chuckle with my girlfriend.
      • DSizzle, on 04/09/2008, -1/+20You don't have a girlfriend.
      • AuburnTigers, on 04/09/2008, -1/+14And you didn't chuckle.
      • travis1982, on 04/09/2008, -2/+12In fact, your girlfriend is here with me and we are having a chuckle.
        • spinxter, on 04/09/2008, -3/+4You can't get a girlfriend. Yours or anyone else's.
        • KevinRWright, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7I saw a porn once.
      • pauldavis, on 04/09/2008, -3/+3And by chuckle I meant lube and by girlfriend I meant fist.
      • moonguidex, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5You just walked straight into this one...
      • BigLLamasHouse, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2does not compute.
    • geneusutwerk, on 04/09/2008, -3/+6"Even by Digg standards this is old news"
      By Digg standards this is ancient news. Old news is something that happened a week ago.
      • Nudar, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2If it's off the digg front page, it's old.
    • ronaldinho, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3well we are here to extol the benefits of LSDs! It can get athletes to pitch a no-hitter! It's good for ya!
  • HCJfilms, on 04/09/2008, -3/+11Those counters are rad
    • Heavypettingzoo, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4is this hosted on geocities or something?
    • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1and what's that 'martial arts' counter for?
  • doughboy334, on 04/09/2008, -2/+11this is why we can't have nice things!
  • grow4road, on 04/09/2008, -11/+1ohh was he rollin balllsss? zing
  • Tyr7BE, on 04/09/2008, -2/+115To everyone who's going to say this was old news, I didn't know about this, and now that I do, I think it's AWESOME.
  • Stone420, on 04/09/2008, -2/+63OMG the trails off a fast ball would be insane.
    • SoxSweepAgain, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5CURVEBALL. Curveball.
    • jbnumba1, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I played beer pong on shrooms once. The balls we used were orange and the trails from throwing and bouncing off the cups were AWESOME.
  • chrisaug18, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12I can't decide if I should digg this because the url is sirbacon.org or I should bury it for the horrible 90's style layout with a yellow background...oh and the story is pretty interesting too
  • dakilla91, on 04/09/2008, -9/+4Web 1.0?
  • scairborn, on 04/09/2008, -6/+4Don't steal home :( ... Share it :)
    • kittnerrules, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Show some respect....that's Robin Williams "Live on Broadway," doing a bit about how baseball would be more interesting if the umpires were on some doses. They'd be saying .. *(see above)"
  • lukifer, on 04/09/2008, -11/+64 hits. Five stars and 200+ streak on GH3's "My Name Is Jonas", Expert.

    Just sayin'.
    • bearcat8543, on 04/09/2008, -0/+7god damn, a 2 y/o on ecstasy could beat that easy song.
    • DeathJux, on 04/09/2008, -1/+10I can't imagine a bigger waste than playing video games on LSD. Step outside your front door and you could stare at the beauty of the entire universe contained within a single flower.
      • coyote1284, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1You've never played N2O (PS1) on A
        • neodorian, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Yes I have. It was fun while we were warming up but I agree with DeathJux. The whole point of LSD was the way it made you look at things that weren't intentionally "trippy" or trying to approximate the psychedelic experience. I haven't touched the stuff in years but going out on a hike away from anyone you would have to appear sober around was probably the best thing to do when I had my experiences. Nothing like wandering around the woods with your trip buddies and wondering at all the stuff your mind normally filters out as extraneous.
    • hellotyler, on 04/09/2008, -6/+3MY leisure activity is better then YOUR leisure activity. Excuse me while I vomit you pretentious *****.
      • SemajReffahs, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5he has a point...my last trip i did spend a good amount of it outside staring at *****...much better than the time playing videogames...but not as good as the time when i ***** during...
  • mytibt, on 04/09/2008, -8/+14settles it, pirates are BETTER than ninjas
    • AmericanGunner, on 04/09/2008, -3/+0beat me to it...sigh
    • DevilInPgh, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1As a Succo fan, I would take the Yomiuri Giants over the incarnation of our team from the past 16 years any day.
  • ablack86, on 04/09/2008, -11/+47Not to be negative or anything but.....

    THIS IS OLDER THAN THE INTERNET.

    literally...
  • danhillmoses, on 04/09/2008, -5/+15What? Have you guys seriously never heard about this?
  • cheezintern, on 04/09/2008, -1/+12That's pretty cool, I've never done that. I prefer traveling to other planets when I'm on LSD......

    Seriously though, I can see that. LSD has a strong affect on concentration, and pitching a no-hitter is just as much, if not more, psychological than physical.
    • jbnumba1, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4I beat a certain "level" (more like personality) on a game called chess master 10 when i was tripping. I had tried 29 times previously (the game records all your games, moves, etc.) and did it the first time while tripping in a fast time and not once using the back button to rework my strategy (which i had done on a few of the other 29 occasions). Needless to say I was shocked and didn't understand the feat until i learned about this guy, and watson crick, and that other dude that attributed his nobel prize winning discovery to LSD.. Definitely mind expanding stuff..
  • topgun553, on 04/09/2008, -9/+56I found this interesting from wikipedia:

    Bicycle day

    On April 19, 1943 Dr. Albert Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 µg of LSD, which he hypothesized would be at most a threshold level dose, based on his research on other ergot alkaloids. Surprisingly, the substance showed a potency orders of magnitude above almost any other substance known at the time, amounting to a much heavier dose than typically given in modern therapeutic use. After ingesting the substance Hofmann found himself struggling to speak intelligibly and asked his laboratory assistant, who knew of the self-experiment, to escort him home on his bicycle, since wartime restrictions made automobiles unavailable. On the bicycle ride home, Hofmann's condition became more severe and in his journal he stated that everything in his field of vision wavered and was distorted, as if seen in a curved mirror. Hofmann also stated that while riding on the bicycle, he had the sensation of being stationary, unable to move from where he was, despite the fact that he was moving very rapidly. Once Hofmann arrived home, he summoned a doctor and asked his neighbor for milk, believing it might help relieve the symptoms. Hofmann wrote that despite his delirious and bewildered condition, he was able to choose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning.[8] Upon arriving the attending doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. In his journal Hofmann said that the doctor saw no reason to prescribe medication and instead sent him to his bed. At this time Hofmann said that the feelings of fear had started to give way to feelings of good fortune and gratitude, and that he was now enjoying the colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind his closed eyes. Hofmann mentions seeing "fantastic images" surging past him, alternating and opening and closing themselves into circles and spirals and finally exploding into colored fountains and then rearranging themselves in a constant flux. Hofmann mentions that during the condition every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a passing automobile, was transformed into optical perceptions. Eventually Hofmann slept and upon awakening the next morning felt refreshed and clearheaded, though somewhat physically tired. He also stated that he had a sensation of well being and renewed life and that his breakfast tasted unusually delicious. Upon walking in his garden he remarked that all of his senses were "vibrating in a condition of highest sensitivity, which then persisted for the entire day".
    • isntreal, on 04/09/2008, -5/+37That's possibly the only thing older than this story.
    • spineaches, on 04/09/2008, -0/+16***** i love acid.
    • SpookyPig, on 04/09/2008, -0/+10Dugg for the fact he thought his furniture was threatening him.
    • stonewaljacksn, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Synesthesia wooooo! that car sounds red.
      • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3but the horn tastes blue—how about that? 'synesthesia wooo' indeed. mmmm. horn.
    • InsaneOni, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3LSD is a wonderful drug.
  • jotatmo, on 04/09/2008, -5/+4what a trip!
    • juttman, on 04/19/2008, -1/+1that's ***** horrible, cancel your digg account
  • 5xSTUN, on 04/09/2008, -0/+77There was a comedian back in the 80s who talked about this in his act, saying that it's pretty easy to pitch a no-hitter when you're getting coached by your own glove.
  • DavidTTT, on 04/09/2008, -12/+1Like this is big.Players now shoot LSD into there eyes before each inning.
  • Bustin, on 04/09/2008, -4/+7A coworker told me this at work once, he said the ball was talking to him and told him how to pitch.
    • mrshickadance9, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5I have no idea why people are digging you down. that's the truth.
  • alilhappything, on 04/09/2008, -3/+16Sports and drugs actually work well together, surprising well. I got my soccer ball juggling record blazed as ever.
  • AmericanGunner, on 04/09/2008, -8/+3He plays for the Pirates, so while on LSD the ONLY reason he could pitch a no-hitter, is if he hallucinated the other team as NINJAS, he thought that night would end the eternal ninja-pirate debate. Little does he knows, he only fuels the fires.
    • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1what WHAT?
    • Yuska, on 04/10/2008, -0/+1Little did he know, he only fueled the fire*
      it happened in 1970.
      Juss sayin'.
      • AmericanGunner, on 04/10/2008, -1/+0exactly, right when the war began!


        by the way, Just saying*
  • itsradBrad, on 04/09/2008, -1/+5I'm either old or a drug nerd because I've read about this a thousand times over the past decade or so.
    • iamanalog, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4Oh good im not the only one.
    • mlrigsby, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Nope, not at all. I was wondering if it happened again or something.
    • natchiketa, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2lol 'drug nerd'. no, you guys are not alone. although i never tire of the bicycle trip story
  • darwinwins, on 04/09/2008, -5/+4that is goddamn awesome and full of win! :)
  • FeloniusMonkey, on 04/09/2008, -0/+12"Steal your base right off your head..."
    • ganjadude4391, on 04/09/2008, -2/+6in soviet russia tripping on LSD, base really DOES steal you!
    • plytheman, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I wish I could digg you more than once for that one! Now I gotta go listen to some Dead...
    • dylan420, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1like i told you, what i said...

      like a steam locammotive, running down the track
      he's gone, he's gone, nothing's gonna bring him back
      he's gone
  • mbonzo531, on 04/09/2008, -1/+11The pirates need more players on LSD
    • jfg84, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0I'm tripping over the stats McLouth is putting up.
  • oatdc, on 04/09/2008, -2/+3maybe roger clemens wasn't *****. maybe he was doing daily hits of acid. but then again, he's not THAT good. let's get barry bonds on lsd and see what happens.
  • Dan11023, on 04/09/2008, -1/+3David wells said he was Drunk when he threw his Perfect game, maybe drugs do enhance ur performance in baseball lol
    • fluxion, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2is baseball really THAT boring?
    • iPood, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3Actually, he said he was hungover, "it means he was drunk yesterday."
  • Geekiest, on 04/09/2008, -1/+21And Crick says acid helped him discover DNA. What _can't_ LSD do?
    • GliTCH82, on 04/09/2008, -0/+8Your taxes? Seriously, creativity is one thing but don't try number crunching on LSD. Abstract scientific discoveries are apparently fair game, however.
      • chucklinart, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Not sure about that. I had a buddy, a math major, who took a final on acid and got the highest score in the class.
    • kroft, on 04/09/2008, -1/+0Cook you breakfast and give you a morning BJ?
  • Mikhail101, on 04/09/2008, -6/+3What a liar, if he was on LSD he would've been able to control the ball.
    • lamiaconfitor, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3not necessarily, if he stayed focused, but I bet no one he talked to thought he made any sense. teammates might have thought he was sick, being antisocial or slightly nuts.
    • netant, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5Wrong. LSD is a sensory hallucinogen. It makes things visually seem what they are not. There is also sensinesia (morphing other senses into visual senses). LSD does not affect motor skills.

      Basically, as long as he could focus on the point where he wanted to pitch, his motor skills would follow through. What you would not want is a control pitcher, who depends on "spotting" the ball in order to get their strikes. It affects their ability to visually adjust, not the physical delivery. That might get a batter to get beaned on a visually misjudged ball.
      • elShaggy, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2synesthesia* any sense acting like another. like "tasting the rainbow" or maybe "smelling the sun"
    • groovytrance, on 04/09/2008, -1/+1Ah, I (barely) see what you (tried to) did there.
    • sorepheet, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/ellis.asp
      Snopes says its true.
      You are freaking out. Man.
    • rassoodock, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Didn't he say "would've"? According to the article he beaned 4 batters.
  • mal1964, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5He went 13 and 10 in 1970 with 30 trips on mound
  • thePuck77, on 04/09/2008, -1/+19It's totally do-able. He was "on a mission". You can do anything while "on a mission".
  • ntacsback, on 04/09/2008, -4/+3Slow news day, huh?
  • KnivesForRobots, on 04/09/2008, -0/+13I buy it. I've been in a few bands, guitar, but I could never play drums, could never keep a steady high hat while drumming anything but kick on the 1 & 3, snare on the 2 & 4. Then one time we were ***** around at a party, I was flying on acid, we jammed and I found I could lock my mind on high hat and keep it steady while I played some basic beats. I know you'll say "oh you only think you were" but I remember talking to the other guys about it and they thought it was cool, cool LSD-effect that I could play a steady beat.
    • Rustymetal, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I took LSD once and decided to play a little Halo 3. Now im a hardcore gamer so I'm good. But man I was getting 40 and 5 n *****. Same with my buddy that was playing next to me. Were owning it the whole time. Best part is that it felt like I was master cheif lol.

      LSD best virtual reality in existence.
  • stilesja, on 04/09/2008, -4/+32Am I the only person who is amazed that he flew from Pittsburg to San Diego for $9.50? I mean even adjusted to inflation that is amazingly inexpensive.
    • m0neybags, on 04/09/2008, -0/+5In the article he says he took a flight from LA to San Diego.
      • ronaldinho, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2to be fair to stilesja, it's still pretty damn cheap even back in those days
    • iPood, on 04/09/2008, -0/+3I'm more surprised he didn't completely flip out on the plane.
  • shakestheclown, on 04/09/2008, -2/+5Congratulations, I think we just found the first story printed on the Gutenberg press.
  • SoxSweepAgain, on 04/09/2008, -0/+4This is one of the best-known stories in baseball, but I don't mind reading it again.
    Well, I didn't until I saw the text background of the linked site. Sheesh.
  • cambob76, on 04/09/2008, -2/+7A new standard question asked by officers when they pull someone over: "Did you happen to pitch a no-hitter tonight?"
  • slackjaw37, on 04/09/2008, -1/+2Does this mean an asterisk will show up next to his name in the records book?
  • glimp7, on 04/09/2008, -2/+2Bill Hicks said drugs are an accelerator for evolution. I think they accelerate BALLS!
    • DHTamus, on 04/09/2008, -0/+0What is acceleration? Or evolution? Or drugs?
    • allengeer, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1Actually Terrance McKenna said that. Bill Hicks relayed it.
  • mal1964, on 04/09/2008, -0/+2Dwight Eugene Gooden, was given the nickname Doc after the original story came out.
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