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FSogol

(46,525 posts) Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:09 PM Sep 2014

Documentary on the Pirates' Dock Ellis coming out soon.

http://vimeo.com/104550737

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Documentary on the Pirates' Dock Ellis coming out soon. (Original Post) FSogol Sep 2014 OP

One of my favorites. malthaussen Sep 2014 #1

Oh, and Robin Williams was impressed, too: malthaussen Sep 2014 #2

Dock's spiritual journey... VictoriaEvans Sep 2014 #3

Thanks. I was fortunate enough to watch Clemente play when I was little. FSogol Sep 2014 #4

This documentary was just added to Netflix streaming. FSogol May 2015 #5

Aahh...the seventies. CanSocDem Jun 2015 #6

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)

1. One of my favorites.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:22 PM

Sep 2014

Great team, pretty damned good pitcher. Good times.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)

2. Oh, and Robin Williams was impressed, too:

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 12:31 PM

Sep 2014

-- Mal

VictoriaEvans

(1 post)

3. Dock's spiritual journey...

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 04:51 PM

Sep 2014

Great film showing the spiritual odyssey of Dock Ellis from pitcher throwing no-hitter on LSD to drug counselor. If you liked this film, you'll love the new film "Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories" which also shows the spiritual side of baseball icon Roberto Clemente. I got it from Amazon.

FSogol

(46,525 posts)

4. Thanks. I was fortunate enough to watch Clemente play when I was little.

Reply to VictoriaEvans (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 09:05 AM

Sep 2014

Welcome to DU, btw.

FSogol

(46,525 posts)

5. This documentary was just added to Netflix streaming.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2015, 09:45 AM

May 2015

Very good film.

CanSocDem

(3,286 posts)

6. Aahh...the seventies.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 09:33 AM

Jun 2015

Even the sports industry was 'funky'!! I remember parts of an interview with Dock at the time where he was describing the experience and the 'absolute certainty' he felt with each pitch. Bill Lee also wrote about pitching while stoned and it may have been in his book that I read about Doc Ellis.

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