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Doc Adams And Achieving Excellence

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 9, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

Almost 200 years ago, today (July 9, 1827), Daniel Adams, M.D. wrote a letter to his 12-year-old son, Daniel Lucius Adams, while he was attending the Kimball Union School in Meriden, NH: “One of your greatest faults as a scholar … Continue reading →

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In Memory Of Marjorie Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 7, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 7, 2025

It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since we lost Marjorie Adams, great-granddaughter of Dr. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams and his greatest advocate. Although we miss her dearly, today, we remember happier times as we keep her dream … Continue reading →

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“Laws of Base Ball” Debuted At The Oregon Historical Society

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 1, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

The Oregon Historical Society’s Baseball’s Magna Carta: Setting the Rules of America’s Game Exhibit opened on July 1, 2016. The public debut of the “Laws of Base Ball” authored by Doc Adams which sold, at auction, for a baseball document … Continue reading →

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Quiz: How Many Annual Doc Adams Events Are There?

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 28, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

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The Father Of The National Game Still Living In New Haven

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 23, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

So far the earliest reference we have found referring to Dr. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams, M.D. as a “Father of Baseball” in June 23, 1895. That was 12 years before the Mills Commission created the Doubleday myth and 43 years … Continue reading →

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First Base Ball Game At Elysian Fields

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 19, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

What is often referred to as the first recorded game played under the Knickerbocker Rules (now believed to be yet another intrasquad game), took place on June 19, 1846. The Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club (aka “the … Continue reading →

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The Knickerbocker Experience

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 16, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

We’d like to highlight an effort that brings Doc Adams and the Knickerbockers to life, The Knickerbocker Experience. It is the brainchild of Jeff “Pinetar” Kornhaas, The Knickerbocker Experience, offers an opportunity to play the game as historically accurate as … Continue reading →

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The Bat And Ball Letter

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 15, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

On June 15, 1832, Doc Adams received a letter from his 11-year-old sister that has become known as the “Bat and Ball letter“. In the letter his sister Nancy sent to him at school, she said, “I have not played … Continue reading →

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Analysis of the “Laws of Base Ball”

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 11, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

In Volume 9 of “Base Ball – A Journal of the Early Game” [2016], Theodore A Frank, Jr. (a pseudonym) performed an analysis of the “Laws of Base Ball.” Doc Adams’ handwritten “Laws of Base Ball” were written in 1857, … Continue reading →

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A Little Knickerbocker Base Ball Club History

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 5, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

On June 5, 1846, the first honorary members were elected, viz. James Lee and Abraham Tucker. At the same meeting Curry, Adams and Tucker were appointed a committee to arrange the preliminaries, and conclude a match with the New York … Continue reading →

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