Subject: Dock Ellis

• The Great Digit Debate

  Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?

  September 18, 2008

• The Curse of Sucking

  Is this the year the Texas Rangers finally...? Nah.

  March 30, 2006

• Balls Out

  How to throw a no-hitter on acid, and other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis

  June 16, 2005

• Your First Friday (Acid) Flashback: Dock Ellis's LSD No-Hitter Gets Very, Very Animated

  Back in 2005, Keven McAlester wrote one hell of a fine story for the paper version of Unfair Park about former Texas Rangers pitcher Dock Ellis's immortal acid-drenched no-hitter, done, of course, while he was a Pittsburgh Pirate. Piece wasn't just about the feat, of course; if memory serves, it was the end result of a documentary Keven had considered making about the now-late-n-great baller before he turned his attention to damaged rock icons on the mend and live-action gamers. All of which is

  November 13, 2009