What WAS up, Doc?

anyone ever heard of doc ellis, the all-star pitcher for the pittsburgh pirates? he beaned reggie jackson in the face simply to avenge the slugger's home-run off him in a previous game. he also vowed to hit the entire cincinnati reds starting line-up in one game. after hitting the first three, the fourth managed to avoid contact. after another two pitches directed at the head of fifth batter johnny bench, ellis was pulled from the game, seemingly well determined to hold his promise. as if the antics couldn't peak (no pun intended) any further, in june 1970, doc threw a no-hitter . . . on acid. not originally planned to start, he got high and was consequently re-scheduled to pitch the night's game at last minute. he was unable to feel the ball or see the batter. apparently, the catcher wore reflective tape simply to suggest a relevant target. his response to the experience went as follows, "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, 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." - compliments to wikipedia / harvest records