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The Fly Game

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 29, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

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 … Continue reading →

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Ridgefield Bank President

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 24, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

In 1871, Doc Adams became the first President of the Ridgefield Savings Bank (now the Fairfield County Bank where his photo still hangs in the lobby of the main office), a position he would hold in two separate terms for … Continue reading →

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Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 23, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 21, 2020

What may you ask does a book titled “Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography” by Colleen Skidmore have to do with Doc Adams? The description of the book is as follows: Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, botanical painter, and … Continue reading →

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Petition Signatures Exceed 1,000

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 22, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurJuly 8, 2020

Just recently, our petition to recognize Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams’s role as a founding father of our National Pastime exceeded 1,000 signatures. The recognition being sought is his enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The show of support … Continue reading →

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How Did the Shortstop Position Get Its Name?

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 21, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 18, 2020

Patrick Pinak asked this question this week in FANBUZZ in his article, “How Did Shortstop Get The Name “Shortstop”?”. Of course, everyone who knows Doc Adams’ story already new the answer. It is re-assuring that more people are becoming aware … Continue reading →

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Doc’s Parents

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 19, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

Doc’s father, Daniel Adams MD (1773-1864) was born in Townsend, Massachusetts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1797 and from the second class of Dartmouth Medical School in 1799. As well as being a practicing physician, he … Continue reading →

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American History Through American Sports

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 16, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

Coombs and Batchelor write about Doc Adams in their book, “American History Through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports, Volume 1”, referencing the work of John Thorn.

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Yale and Harvard

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 12, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

In 1830, Doc enrolled in Amherst College. In 1833, he transferred to Yale College from which he graduated in 1835.  Later that year, Doc entered Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1838.  It was at Harvard that Doc made the … Continue reading →

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Doc Marries Cornelia

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 7, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

Daniel Lucius Adams and Cornelia Cook married on May 7, 1861, and remained together until Adams’ death. The couple had five children; the first, a son named Charles, died less than a month after his birth in 1864. The others, … Continue reading →

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Doc Adams Elected Knickerbockers’ Vice-President

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 5, 2020 by The Baseball Stadium ConnoisseurMay 1, 2020

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 … Continue reading →

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