So much for pre-game preparation.

was . . .

AWESOME!

His pre-game preparation was dropping acid and then amphetamines! Whooo weeee! I say fuck it, allow it all in baseball. How entertaining would it be to see . . . some pitcher flip out and start cursing the third base umpire because he thinks it’s his 9th grade wood shop teacher who hated him?

Another Dock Ellis story, in case you haven’t heard it before.

In 1974, feeling that his teammates had lost their aggressiveness and were too easily intimidated, Ellis decided to put on a show against the Cincinnati Reds (who had come from behind to defeat the Pirates for the 1972 National League pennant on a run-scoring wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final playoff game). In a May 1 start against the Reds – having announced before the game that “We gonna get down. We gonna do the do. I’m going to hit these motherfuckers.” – Ellis opened the contest by drilling leadoff hitter Pete Rose in the ribs; hitting the next batter, Joe Morgan, in the side; and then plunking Dan Driessen in the back to load the bases. Although clean-up hitter Tony Perez managed to dodge Ellis’ pitches long enough to draw a walk before being hit, Dock aimed his next two offerings at Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench’s head, whereupon he was unceremoniously yanked from the game by Pittsburgh manager Danny Murtaugh.