Our petition to recognize Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams’s role as a founding father of our National Pastime has now garnered 1,500 signatures! The show of support via the petition demonstrates that we are successfully telling Doc Adams story. The intent … Continue reading →
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 →
The 2021 Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival will take place next weekend, July 31 – August 1, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. In 2015, this longest running annual vintage base ball festival was renamed in honor of Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ … 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 →
John Thorn, Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, asks the questions “Who Is Baseball’s Edison? Its Leonardo?” in his recent post in Our Game. We are particularly interested in his thoughts on Doc Adams. Thorn’s entire post, “5 Inventors” … Continue reading →
An interesting, somewhat provocative article was recently posted on Ethics Alarms. The following excerpt highlights Marjorie’s efforts: This fiasco of historical incompetence and bias is highlighted today because it was announced that Marjorie Adams, the great-granddaughter of Daniel “Doc” Adams, … Continue reading →
Roger Cook Adams wrote the “Nestor of Ball Players” about his father in August 1939. Besides some facts about Doc’s contributions, it’s interesting how Roger Cook Adams highlighted how Doc’s passion for the game was invaluable to the early game, … Continue reading →
The Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival returns next week. The Festival is a celebration of the origins of our National Pastime. Games are played by different rules from various years spanning 1845-93. The 24th Doc Adams Old Time … Continue reading →
Doc Adams in the Dickson Baseball Dictionary under Father of Baseball! 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 … Continue reading →
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 →