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Wiz Khalifa continues Pirates tradition of pitching while totally zootedWhile the Pirates will never build him a statue, Dock Ellis has made sure that the greatest accomplishment in sports was performed by a Pirate. That was throwing a no-hitter while on LSD. Perhaps as our country continually lessens its aversion to drugs it’ll get the display it deserves at PNC Park, ...

Emmanuel Acho: Dope gets lit upEmmanuel Acho’s reputation as a thoughtful voice on social issues has gone up in smoke....

When Baseball's Most Famous Druggie Tried To Save The Yankees' AddictThis story appeared in the April 8, 1990 edition of The National Sports Daily. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....

11 Pitches, Three Hit Batters: The Day Dock Ellis Went To War

The following is excerpted from Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, by Donald Hall. It is reprinted here with the author's permission....

How To Cheat, Do Drugs, And Succeed At Baseball, By Dock Ellis

We're big fans of Dock Ellis, obviously, so we enjoyed this latest animated short, narrated by the man himself and excerpted from Donnell Alexander's Beyond Ellis D. Honestly, listening to Dock Ellis talk about drugs, cheating, and Gaylord Perry is almost as much fun as listening to Vin Scully talk...

Our man Donnell Alexander has re-released Beyond Ellis D, his iPad book about the life and times of Dock Ellis, with a new prologue addressing Biogenesis. Re-read the excerpt from last year if you'd like, then check the whole app out. [iTunes]...

If You Have An iPad, And You Like Good Things, Buy This Crazy Dock Ellis iBook

We gave you a snippet from Donnell Alexander's new iBook, Beyond Ellis D, a few weeks back. But now the whole thing, with great writing and crazy art, is available from the iTunes store, if you have an iPad 2. Get it and lose yourself. [iTunes]...

How I Threw My Hair-Perm Superfly Spitball, By Dock Ellis: A New Animated Short

The video above is "Superfly Spitball," an animated short that grew out of the same interview—conducted by Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel—that gave us Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No. Animated by Heidi Perry and co-produced by Thor Swift, the short will appear in a forthcoming iBook, Beyond Ellis D....