Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball Author:Donald Hall Yankee pitcher Dock Ellis has often been called the Muhammad Ali of baseball. Like all heavyweight champs, he's flamboyant and controversial, handsome and stylish, aggressive and charming, intelligent, outspoken, and sometimes outrageous. His favorite beverage is Pouilly Fuisse and he used to drive a very fancy Cadillac called the Dockmobile (... more »"It ain't nothing," Dock used to say, "but a 7-7.") He often sports a single gold earring, and he's been know to appear on the field in curlers. As a kid he got in trouble with the law. Now he gets in trouble with the fans, the press and the management.« less