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 →
Just a little fun today, I recently did a search for ‘doc adams baseball’ on three major search engines over the span of a ‘week’, a ‘month’, and ‘all time’ and thought I’d share the interesting results. For the period … Continue reading →
The 25th installment of the Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival will take place next weekend, August 6-7, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. In 2015, this longest running annual vintage base ball festival of its kind was renamed in … Continue reading →
Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, Buck O’Neil, Tony Oliva, and David Ortiz were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on this past Sunday. It had been a long time coming for many of them, We … Continue reading →
Watching the Class of 2022 National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, quotes from several of the induction speeches caught my attention. “Pioneers, many times, do not get to enjoy the changes they bring about or the doors they open.” … Continue reading →
Today, the Class of 2022 will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Congratulations to all those that will be inducted today: Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Buck O’Neil, Tony Oliva, … Continue reading →
The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club has been recreated with the debut of The Knickerbocker Experience at the Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania this past weekend. With the club’s special attention to historical accuracy, the debut … Continue reading →
In 2018, 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 forged … Continue reading →
Final reminder… This weekend, July 16-17, The Knickerbocker Experience will debut at the Great Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival & Tournament in Gettysburg, PA. For more information visit Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival 2022 and The … Continue reading →
Just came across this on the Jamaica Observer website. 1892: Despite Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, president of the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club, authoring documents titled the Laws of Base Ball in 1857 which established the essentials of the … Continue reading →