In the introduction to a guest post by Jamie Selko on the Our Game blog, John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball, mentions his opinion on Doc Adams.

I am on the record for stating my belief that the Baseball Hall of Fame has enough nineteenth-century players, and that what it needs is more pioneers, namely Doc Adams, Al Reach, and Jim Creighton. But if there is a case to be made for more early players, my friend Jamie Selko makes it simply yet brilliantly, below.

“Getting the Short (Season) Shrift”, Our Game, John Thorn

The post, “Getting the Short (Season) Shrift”, is an interesting read.