Kent Mercker no hitter?

[cubbyvirus00]

It was news to me that he actually pitched a no-hitter at one time. Did lots of people know about this?

[treebird]

a no-hitter AND a combined no-hitter, thank you very much

[XZero771679666304]

I thought it was pretty much common knowledge.

[B]

yep

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

How can someone not know this?

[rocket]

i belive it's mentioned in the bible

[bearjuice]

i believe it's mentioned in the bible

 

Your post wins the prize.

[UMFan83]

Did you guys know Jesus turned water into wine AND rose from the dead?

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Did you guys know Jesus turned water into wine AND rose from the dead?

 

But he couldn't hit a curveball.

[imb]

no gifts for you come this kentmas

[BigSlick]

nice job vance

 

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Mercker blows.

[RedFlash]

Did you guys know Jesus turned water into wine AND rose from the dead?

 

But he couldn't hit a curveball.

 

But man did he have tools............

[chuckywang]

Expect an angry call from Kent for not knowing this.

[wekse]

he did it while having an aneurysm.

[otis89]

he did it while having an aneurysm.

 

I can't remember who it was, but one pitcher actually threw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD. He thought the ball was telling him what pitches to throw. :lol:

[bearjuice]

I can't remember who it was, but one pitcher actually threw a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD. He thought the ball was telling him what pitches to throw. :lol:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Ellis

http://www.sirbacon.org/4membersonly/docellis.htm

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"I had taken LSD ... I thought it was an off day. That's how come I had it in me. I took the LSD at 12 noon. At one, my girlfriend looked in the paper and said 'Dock, you're pitching today'."

 

The original starting pitcher for the Pirates was a last-minute scratch due to an injury. Dock's girlfriend drove him to the airport for a 3 p.m. flight. With great difficulty, he managed to get to the ballpark on time. He was on the mound throwing the first pitch at 6 p.m. It was the first game of a two-night doubleheader against the Padres.

 

"I can only remember bits and pieces of the game. I was psyched, I had a feeling of euphoria. I was zeroed in on the catcher's glove."

 

"The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes; sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't."

 

He saw comet-tails on every pitch. He was wild that evening, walking eight batters, but pitched that rarity -- a no-hitter. For advocates of the mind-expanding properties of psychedelic drugs, this was the stuff of legend.

 

Ellis waited until 1984 to reveal that he was on acid the night he achieved baseball immortality. Back in 1970, it would have been damaging to his career to make that admission publicly. By 1984 he was out of baseball, working as a drug rehabilitation counselor, and he decided to set the record straight.

 

LSD wasn't his only drug. Ellis sometimes swallowed 10-15 amphetamines before a game. "I was going out there on the average of 75 milligrams," he says. "Some guys I pitched against, we would try to guess which one of us was higher."

 

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