John Thorn recently gave a lecture in the Oregon Historical Society’s summer series, entitled, “Baseball in the Garden of Eden (can be heard in its entirety here)“. It was on the occasion of the ‘Laws of Base Ball’ making its public debut at the Oregon Historical Society.  The lecture was enlightening and entertaining (would have loved to have been there) and definitely worth a listen. Three key highlights (with their approximate location within the audio file) of the lecture are transcribed below: (37:12) When the veteran’s committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame voted on Adams last year, one of the reasons that … Continue reading →