"We gonna get down. We gonna do the do. I???m going to hit these motherfuckers."[/b]
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, Ellis 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.
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Besides the fact that the only people who wear shorts like that
anymore are 15-year-old hoochies and strippers - what is up with my man
just making a blatant grab for dude's cookie jar behind him??
...it was the shit when we had him in the asskickin' year of 1986,
and he would play like 4 minutes a game,
and get a standing "O" both entering and leaving the game.
Man do I miss when the Celtics ran shit.
don't sleep.
that's it right there! AW MAN, GOOD TIMES.
I know its not a basketball card, but he pitched a no-hitter on acid!
Someone post the psychedelic .gif version of this card (I've seen it around.)
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, Ellis 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.
nice