Doc Adams is profiled and Marjorie Adams reflects on her great-grandfather in “Pioneer’s relative fights for his HOF election” on MLB.COM. This, as the MLB Winter Meetings and voting by the Pre-integration Era Committee on Doc and the 9 other candidates on this year’s ballot rapidly approaches. The committee will announce its results on December 7.
Continue reading →Marjorie Adams was recently interviewed on “Genesis with Ian Kahanowitz” on the Heavy Hitter Network. She talked about Doc Adams, his life’s accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball. It’s a great and unique opportunity to hear Marjorie talk about great-grandfather, a founding father of baseball.
Continue reading →Today marks Doc Adams’ 201st birthday! Hip-Hip-Huzzah! Hip-Hip-Huzzah! Hip-Hip-Huzzah!
Continue reading →Doc Adams’s accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball, as well as the efforts to gain his enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, are detailed in an article, “Doc Adams (Hall Of Fame Candidate) On Pre-Integration Era Hall Of Fame Ballot” on MLBreports.com.
Continue reading →Doc Adams was named on the Pre-Integration Era Committee this week, so, here’s a quick update on the upcoming timeline of National Baseball Hall of Fame events. On December 7, 2015, the 16-member Pre-Integration Era Committee will be voting on the list of 10 candidates, headlined by Doc Adams, at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN. The Hall of Fame will announce the candidates that have been selected by the Pre-Integration Committee for enshrinement in the Hall. Candidates named on 75% of the ballots cast will earn election and be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2016, … Continue reading →
Today the National Hall of Fame announced the candidates on the 2016 Pre-integration Era ballot. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams was named as one of the 10 candidates. This marks a major milestone in the efforts to have Doc recognized with enshrinement. For a more detailed announcement read DOC ADAMS HELPED SHAPE BASEBALL’S EARLIEST DAYS. Thanks to everyone who has supported Doc and made this step possible. Also, thanks for your continued support as we take this final step to achieve the final goal of getting Doc his long overdue recognition.
Continue reading →From SABR member John Thorn at Our Game on November 14, 2012: Twenty years ago I “rediscovered” Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams with the publication in the debut issue of the Elysian Fields Quarterly of my article “The True Father of Baseball.” I expanded upon this offering several times over the ensuing years, notably in Total Baseball; it appears in its latest incarnation at the SABR Biproject site: Doc Adams Bio. I also wrote about Adams and his key innovations–setting the basepaths at ninety feet and inventing the position of shortstop–in my most recent book, Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History … Continue reading →
Marjorie Adams was interviewed by Corey Kilgannon of the New York Times in “Late Rally for Doc Adams, a Jeter Before There Were Mitts”. The article chronicles Doc Adams’ accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball, as well as Marjorie’s efforts to gain Doc’s long overdue recognition with induction his into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Check out the article, it’s a great read!
Continue reading →On September 23, 1845, by virtue of its constitution and by-laws, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was officially formed. Considered by most baseball historians to have been the first officially organized base ball (2 words in the 19th century) club; whether or not the Knickerbockers were the first, their pioneering influence on the development of our National Pastime in its earliest days is certainly agreed upon. Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, MD joined the team about a month later and played in their two inter-mural games in November of that year. While maintaining his medical practice and his work attending to … Continue reading →
In January 1962, Adelaide and Daniel P. Adams conducted an interview of Roger Cook Adams in New York City. Fortunately for us, they made an audio recording of that interview. Now you can hear Roger’s recollections about his father, baseball pioneer Dr. Daniel Lucius Adams, baseball, and the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club. Take the time (approximately 13 minutes) to hear Roger Cook Adams’ first hand reminiscences. You’ll be glad that you did. Click on Photo to Go To the Interview Page
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