Time's running out, folks — just over a day now until the auction for this full ticket from a 1970 Padres game is up.
What's so special about this ticket, you ask? Well, the evening of June 12, 1970 was when Dock Ellis pitched his legendary LSD-assisted no-hitter at San Diego Stadium, blanking the (admittedly hapless) Padres 2-0, despite walking 8 batters, hitting another, and allowing three runners to steal bases on him. This ticket, therefore, is an unblemished souvenir from the greatest psychedelic moment in baseball history, and possibly the greatest athletic achievement of all time.
Bidding is up to $250 as we speak, which is outta my price range — but anyone who buys this for me will receive my undying loyalty and friendship in return...
Oh, and speaking of Dock and psychedelia — dig this pic (courtesy of my pals who are making No No: A Dockumentary) of Dock and fellow Bucs hurler Jim "Mudcat" Grant, who is soon to join Dock in the Baseball Reliquary's "Shrine of the Immortals". Dock was usually a flashy dresser, but Mudcat's funky vines and muttonchops put homeboy in the shade here...
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