Picture Yourself in a Boat on a River........

Here is my favorite new Todd Snyder song playing in heavy rotation on Outlaw Country - it's called "America's Favorite Passtime".

Not sure if you know the story - but way back when - Doc Ellis threw a no-hittter for the Pirates against the Padres while high on LSD.

And Todd Snyder is one in a long line of troubadours that have a way of reporting these odd events in a way that makes them see just so very special!

So check it out and see when you'd like to plan your n e x t t r i p!!


doc ellis didnt think he would pitch that day back in 1970
when he and his wife took a trip to the ballpark a little bit differently
so by the time he hit the bullpen half the world had melted away
thats about the time coach murtaugh said "hey dock your pitching today"

taking the ground the mound turned into the icing on a birthday cake
the lead off man came up and turned into a dancing rattle snake
the crowd tracked back and forth in waves of color under the sun
the ball turned into a silver bullet - his arm into a gun

three up three down for three straight innings in a zero zero tie
as all those batters names came ringing from some voice out of the sky
hallucinating halloween scenes each new swing of the bat
his sinker looked like it was falling off a table but nobody was hallucinating that

by the top of the fifth he was up one to nothing and giving the padres fits
by the top of the seventh he was up two to nothing and they still had'nt got any hits
with one out left to go in the game the batter looked like a little child
the birthday caking was shaking and those waves of color were going wild

when he finally mowed the last man down he was high as he had ever been
laughing to the sound of the world going around completely unaware of the win
and while the papers would say he was scattered that day he was pretty as a pitcher could be

the day dock ellis of the pittsburg pirates threw a no hitter on LSD