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Doc Adams – SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 31, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 14, 2022

On July 31, 2014, Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams (1814 – 1899) was selected as the 19th Century Overlooked Baseball Legend by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). This recognition came in the bi-centennial of his birth. Each year SABR … Continue reading →

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23rd Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival (CANCELLED)

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 30, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

It is that time of year again. Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, this year’s installment of the Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival has been cancelled. We look forward to the return next year when we expect to … Continue reading →

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Peverelly’s “American Pastimes”: 1846

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 29, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

Doc Adams is mentioned often in Charles A. Peverelly’s 1868 book, “American Pastimes – Containing a History of the Principal Base Ball, Cricket, Rowing, and Yachting Clubs of the United States“. The Book of American Pastimes  is an American classic … Continue reading →

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Father of Base Ball

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 25, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 24, 2022

The seminal interview of Doc Adams that appeared in the February 29, 1896 Sporting News has surfaced in several places previously. This version appeared in the Crawford Avalanche on July 25, 1895.

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The Dickson Baseball Dictionary: Father of Baseball

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 21, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

The first three parts of the ‘Father of Baseball’ definition in the Dickson Baseball Dictionary are telling: Henry Chadwick (well deserved) “Cartwright Myth” Dr. Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams (’nuff said)

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Doc is Bank’s 1st President

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 19, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

In 1871, Doc Adams became the first President of the Ridgefield Savings Bank (now the Fairfield County Bank, a position he would hold in two separate terms for ten of the next fifteen years. In fact, his photo still hangs … Continue reading →

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Base Ball Arithmetic

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 18, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

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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Knickerbockers vs. the Gotham

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 17, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 14, 2022

In their first friendly game of the 1853 season, the Knickerbockers played the Gotham. Doc Adams played with his Knickerbocker team making 2 outs and scoring 3.runs.

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Baseball Americana at the Library of Congress

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 16, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 14, 2022

Two years ago, The Library of Congress hosted the Baseball Americana exhibition.  The ‘Laws of  Base Ball” authored by Doc Adams was the centerpiece of this major, year-long exhibition. The exhibition explored baseball’s past and present and how the game … Continue reading →

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Petition Signatures Exceed 1,250

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 14, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.August 9, 2022

Not too long ago, our petition to recognize Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams’s role as a founding father of our National Pastime exceeded 1,000 signatures. We have now exceeded 1,250! The recognition being sought is his enshrinement in the National Baseball … Continue reading →

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