Monthly Archives: July 2016

Hall of Fame Announces Changes to Era Committees

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced sweeping changes to the Era Committee system. It’s kind of a bad news, good news story. The bad news is two-fold. The first is that the Pre-integration Era Committee is effectively being replaced with the Early Baseball Committee (1871 – 1949) and the next election will not be held in 2018, but will be now occur in 2020. Second, the frequency of consideration is being stretched from 3 years to 10 years. Now for the good news. It has been confirmed that Doc Adams will still be able to be considered for election via the Early Baseball … Continue reading →

Hall of Fame Induction Day

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It’s that special day of the year – Induction Day at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Today, the 311th and 312th members of this exclusive group will be enshrined in the Hall. Congratulations to Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey, Jr. on their induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame! A well deserved honor for the’s two baseball greats! Hopefully, there will be a very special induction ceremony in 2019. Please enjoy the video below.

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Marjorie Adams Attends Gettysburg Base Ball Festival

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Marjorie Adams is enjoying some great vintage base ball while attending the Gettysburg Base Ball Festival this weekend. She is also taking the opportunity to educate more people about Doc’s place in baseball history. Marjorie was interviewed at the field by Matt Allibone of The Evening Sun on Saturday. She talked about Doc Adams, his accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball, and the efforts to get him his long-overdue place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. You can read the entire article here: “In Gettysburg, she wants ‘father of baseball’ to reach Hall of Fame” The Evening Sun (7/16/16)

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Oregon Historical Society’s “Baseball’s Magna Carta: Setting the Rules of America’s Game” Exhibit Opens

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The Oregon Historical Society’s Baseball’s Magna Carta: Setting the Rules of America’s Game Exhibit opens today and runs through October 9. The public debut of the “Laws of Base Ball” authored by Doc Adams recently sold for a baseball document record $3,263,246. The papers are first being exhibited in Portland because the new owner, who chooses to remain anonymous, is a “friend of the historical society.” The documents “thoroughly change the early history of baseball,” the historical society states. The 1857 documents are the “first written-down rules of what became the modern game,” Oregon Historical Society Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk … Continue reading →