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 →
Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the 2020 National Baseball Hall of Fame induction was postponed. Therefore, the Class of 2020 had to wait until today to be formally inducted. That created the possibility for an interesting footnote for the Class … Continue reading →
At the Fleischmanns Street Fair this past weekend, Collin ‘Stumpy’ Miller collected signatures for our Doc Adams’ petition. This was the second recent event at Fleischmanns that garnered support for Doc Adams (Fleischmanns Mountain Athletic Club & Mudville Base Ball … Continue reading →
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 →
Our petition to recognize Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams’s role as a founding father of our National Pastime has now garnered 1,750 signatures! The show of support via the petition demonstrates that we are successfully telling Doc Adams story. The intent … Continue reading →
Doc Adams led off and tallied 2 runs in the ‘great’ match between the Knickerbocker and Gotham Clubs won by Gotham 21-7.
Continue reading →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 →
‘Echoes From The Ballpark‘ by Alan Ross is a brief history of the National Pastime. In it, Doc Adams is recognized as a founding father of baseball. In 1904, Henry Chadwick, an early American sportswriter and baseball statistician, famously remarked, … Continue reading →
Tom Fesolowich, President of the Mutual Base Ball Club of New York, recently sent the following call to arms to the Vintage Base Ball commnuity. The intent is to support our education campaign and demonstrate support for Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ … Continue reading →