"LSD in Baseball" By Grayson Avery

There are people that today look up to baseball players, just as they did generations before us. People go through life trying to base themselves off of the greatest and the best. At the sametime these heros that people are looking up to know they have to keep getting better and doing the right things, but what happens to a person when all the pressure catches up to them. They have to find some relief. These are the types of situations that a hero doesn't want there followers to hear about, but they feel they must do it. Dock Ellis was an outstanding pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, back in the 70's. He was always a up and down pitcher until the day he pitched his " No Hitter". Now a no hitter coming from a pitcher who was always a questionable brought up some red flags, but no one really thought to much about it. 10 years later he comes out and says that he pitched that game under the influence of LSD and that he doesn't remember most of the game. I wonder if i should give this guy props for being able to do that, or if i should shun him because he let down a lot of people. Now i am not saying that doing drugs is a good excuse for heros to let go for awhile, but what i am saying is that people are pushing players and heros to using them. Sure sports are fun and sure she can sing but if you let people have thier space then they will be able to run their lives without having to go to something unlawful for help.