Monthly Archives: May 2017

The Fly Game

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In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New York newspaper that extensively covered the expanding world of base ball playing, an untitled paragraph announced the possibility of a forthcoming game that would be strikingly different from all others played during the past few years: “We have heard it rumored — we do not know with what truth — that the Knickerbocker Club, of this city, will shortly play a match with the Excelsior Club, of Brooklyn, in which they will repudiate catching the ball upon the bound.” William Cauldwell, the editor of the newspaper, predicted … Continue reading →

5 Weeks to Marjorie Adams’ Doc Adams Presentation at SABR 47

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It is only 5 weeks until Marjorie Adams delivers her “Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball” presentation at SABR 47, the Society of American Baseball Research’s annual convention to be held this year in NYC. For details on her presentation, check out our “Marjorie Adams to Deliver Research Presentation at SABR 47” post. To register for the convention visit SABR.

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Marjorie Adams to Deliver Research Presentation at SABR 47

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Marjorie Adams, great-granddaughter of Doc Adams, will be delivering a research presentation, “Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball” at SABR 47 on June 29 in New York City. The convention runs June 28 through July 2 and will be held at the Grand Hyatt New York. “The annual SABR convention, which is open to all baseball fans, includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world — front-office executives, players, managers, scouts, journalists, historians, and analysts — innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations, major-league games, the SABR Trivia Contest, the Awards Reception, and most of all, the opportunity to … Continue reading →

Doc Adams Elected Knickerbockers’ Vice-President

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The Knickerbockers held elections annually to determine who would serve as officials. At the club’s second election, held on May 5, 1846, Adams was named the Knickerbockers’ vice president. At an April 1847 meeting, he became the president of the team, and was re-elected in 1848 and 1849.[40] He was the leader of a “Committee to Revive the Constitution and By-Laws” of baseball in 1848.

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