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Songs For Marjorie

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 28, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.March 19, 2023

In this last chapter of my test drive of Bing’s artificial intelligence search engine, I decided to ask it to write a couple of songs about Marjorie Adams, Doc Adams’ greatest champion. Here are two songs of different styles composed … Continue reading →

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Posted in 2023 | Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Bing, Marjorie Adams Songs | 4 Replies

Doc Resigns From The Knickerbockers

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 26, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 22, 2023

On March 26, 1862, Doc tendered his resignation from the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club. I shall not be able to attend the meeting of the Club this evening, and furthermore feel compelled to tender my resignation of membership. I do … Continue reading →

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Spreading Doc Adams Awareness in Japan

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 21, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.March 21, 2023

Not long ago I received an email from Tetsuro Tanino, a staffwriter for a Japanese newspaper, the The Tokyo Shimbun. He was “in the process of researching baseball shortstop and learned that Daniel Adams was the world’s first shortstop.” He … Continue reading →

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A Poem And A Song For Doc Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 20, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.March 19, 2023

In this latest installment from the new artificial intelligence powered Bing, for fun I thought I’d check out its creative nature and ask it to write a poem and a song for Doc Adams1. Feel free to comment on which … Continue reading →

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A Quick Doc Adams Chat With Bing

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 16, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.March 19, 2023

Bing, is introducing a new web search engine that can help you find information and answers on the internet. It is a web search engine that can also chat with you and generate various types of content such as poems, … Continue reading →

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2nd Base Ball Convention Convened

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 10, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 22, 2023

On March 10, 1858 the 2nd Base Ball convention was held in New York. The chairman named the following committees: On Rules: D.L. Adams, C. Place, Jr., T.G. Voorhis, G. Van Cott, T.F. Jackson, W.A. Sears, Francis Pidgeon, W. Cauldwell, … Continue reading →

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Remembering The First Baseball Convention

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 9, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.March 29, 2023

On March 7, 2023, Fox News recalled 166th anniversary of the first national convention of base ball players. In the article, “On this day in history, March 7, 1857, baseball adopts nine players, nine innings as standard of competition“, The … Continue reading →

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Memoirs Of The Father Of Base Ball

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on February 28, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 24, 2023

On February 29, 1896, the Sporting News published an article on Dr. D. L. Adams sub-titled ‘Memoirs of the Father of Base Ball’. The article is based on an interview of Doc and details his contributions to the nascent National … Continue reading →

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Doc Appointed Delegate To The 1st Convention Of Base Ball Clubs

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on February 27, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 24, 2023

At a meeting held February 27, 1858, Messrs. D. L. Adams and W. H. Grenelle were appointed delegates to the first convention of Base Ball Clubs, to be held on the 10th of March. The first meeting of the Convention … Continue reading →

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Rules Adopted!

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on February 25, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 24, 2023

The 1857 Convention of Base Ball Players met for the second and final time on February 25 at Smith’s Hotel, the headquarters of the Knickerbocker Club, with the following clubs represented: Knickerbocker, Gotham, Eagle, Empire, Putnam, Baltic, Excelsior, Atlantic, Harmony, … Continue reading →

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  1. Cindy Cline on Songs For MarjorieMarch 28, 2023

    Thanks 4 experimenting/creating these songs to preview! I feel this is a good idea, but is a work in progress.…

  2. Peter Mancuso on Songs For MarjorieMarch 28, 2023

    "Unsettling" knowing the source. Perhaps, I can't wrap my nearly 77 year old brain around AI. Having known Marjorie doesn't…

  3. Roger on Songs For MarjorieMarch 28, 2023

    Thanks for the feedback, Zoe!

  4. Zoe Fimbel on Songs For MarjorieMarch 28, 2023

    I like the first one more than the second. This AI stuff is so strange yet hard to not be…

  5. Peter. J. Mancuso Jr on Doc Resigns From The KnickerbockersMarch 26, 2023

    A perfect retelling of such a historic moment in baseball history through the very correspondences that took place at the…

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