A Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher threw a no-hitter 50 years ago, but it was what he said after the game that made headlines.
In this latest edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson remembers Dock Ellis, who had an outrageous personality and was outraged about racial injustice.
Reading Baseball is a series of essays and commentaries by Richard "Pete" Peterson, author of Growing Up With Clemente and the editor of The St. Louis Baseball Reader.