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Remembering Marjorie Adams On Her Birthday

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 7, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

Today would have been Marjorie Adams’ 73rd birthday. Marjorie’s tireless efforts to spread the story of her great-grandfather, Doc Adams, enlightened and inspired many baseball fans. Marjorie conducted a campaign to educate people on Doc’s role as a pioneer of … Continue reading →

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Doc Adams Appearance On 2016 Hall Of Fame Ballot, Falls Only 2 Votes Short

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 7, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, MD appeared on a Hall of Fame ballot for the first, and as of now, ONLY time, on the 2016 Per-integration Era ballot. On December 7, 2015,  the Pre-integration Era Committee announced the results of the voting … Continue reading →

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The Case Has Been Made… But The Verdict, Pre-determined

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 4, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

This post was planned to be a capstone in advance of the announcement of the 2022 Early Baseball Era Committee results. However, since Doc Adams was inexplicably omitted from the ballot, it is instead a sad commentary on the Hall … Continue reading →

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Early Baseball Era Committee Members

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 3, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

No words… none at all. The 16-member Hall of Fame Board-appointed electorate charged with the review of the Early Baseball Era features Hall of Fame members Bert Blyleven, Fergie Jenkins, John Schuerholz, Ozzie Smith and Joe Torre; major league executives … Continue reading →

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Doc Adams Base Ball Biography (Recognition)

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 3, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

Some recent highlights: 2011: John Thorn ‘re-discovers’ Doc Adams in his classic, “Baseball in the Garden of Eden”. 2011: Friends of Vintage Base Ball sponsor Doc Adams Day 2014: Selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend 2015: The … Continue reading →

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The Official Historian Of MLB On Doc Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 2, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

“He’s the true father of baseball and you’ve never heard of him.” John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball. “Who’s your Daddy? Modern baseball may have new founder“, AP Well, thanks to Thorn, for rediscovering Doc Adams. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Doc Adams Base Ball Biography (Retirement)

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 1, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

On March 26, 1862 at the annual meeting of the Knickerbockers, Doc presented a letter to the club secretary, James Whyte Davis: “I shall not be able to attend the meeting of the Club this evening and furthermore feel compelled … Continue reading →

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Talk About Big Shoes To Fill

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

It’s always a challenge for children to live up to their celebrity relatives.This article in the “Argus and Patriot” (Montpelier, VT) dated August 28, 1895 illustrates that this is not a new phenomenon. The article is a recount of a … Continue reading →

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Hal Bock’s Vote For Doc Adams

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

For many years, Doc Adams contribution to baseball was overlooked. That’s a shame, because without him, baseball would have been a vastly different game. There would be no shortstop because shortstop was Doc’s invention, redefining the geography of the game. … Continue reading →

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Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, Baseball Pioneer By Peter Mancuso

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on November 28, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

When the Society for American Baseball Research’s (SABR’s) Nineteenth Century Research Committee signed on to write and publish, “Base Ball’s 19th Century ‘Winter’ Meetings: 1857-1900” (the precursor to two volumes written by SABR’s Business of Baseball Research Committee covering 1901 … Continue reading →

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