David "Boomer" Wells was hungover or drunk when he pitched a perfect game?
True. I wish I had a sliver of that talent sober.
RE: He was allegedly on LSD when he pitched a no hitter?
Line from the Brad Pitt character on heavy LSD, to the three armed killers confronting him in a home invasion in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood:
(Smiling)
“You are real, right?”
Some people perform better under the influence.
My grandfather was one of them. He was forman of a big shipyard sending ships out to World War 2 and he was always drunk. Owner of the place said he did a better kob drunk than anyone else did sober.
So my IIrish Catholic grandmother divorced him—unheard of back then. She moved to New Orleans,lived in the Garden District and had a wonderful life.