“He was very outspoken about racial, equal rights for players and how management was treating them,” Geisler said. 1, 1971 file photo taken in Philadelphia, Pa. But Geisler said his legacy extends further than that Jdrug-powered game against the Padres in San Diego.ĪP File Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Dock Ellis expresses his sentiments about West Division Winners San Francisco Giants, after their win, Thursday, in this Oct. “It’s mostly weirdos, nerds, oddballs, people that played sports when they were young,” said Alexis Cromer, who’s been playing in these games for about five years, “but may have quit because they got ostracized or yelled at by people who made them feel small.”ĭock Ellis, the league’s namesake, is described by baseball fans and Society for American Baseball Research member Paul Geisler as “one of the best pitchers of the 1970s.”įifty years ago this week, Ellis, who was black, pitched a no-hitter while, he says, he was high on LSD, a hallucinogenic drug also known as acid. The players are members of the Dock Ellis League, a multi-state collection of teams who describe themselves as an “open-format amateur baseball league” that is “co-Ed, queer and trans friendly, and anti-racist.” 90.5 WESA Jesse Caggino, wearing an Allegheny A's t-shirt, bats at a Dock Ellis League game on Sunday, June 14, 2020.
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