I am just trying to put it together how he held it together with a hallucinogen on board that stimulates serotonin. I guess he had a good trip — otherwise I can only imagine what the hallucinations must have been like.
Out of curiosity (and I love your knowledge of sports) — how was this discovered — did he out himself? Drug testing?
Its a hell of a story either way.
I knew about MJ puking through game five — tons of athletes have played unbelievably when physically compromised, but this is an absolute curiosity to me how someone can make it through nine innings with his mind altered. Wow.
“I was zeroed in on the (catcher’s) glove, but I didn’t hit the glove too much. I remember hitting a couple of batters and the bases were loaded two or three times. The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn’t. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn’t hit hard and never reached me.” - Dock Ellis in Lysergic World (1993)