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Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival Next Weekend, August 3-4
The 27th installment of the Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival will take place next weekend, August 3-4, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. In 2015, this longest running annual vintage base ball festival of its kind was renamed in … Continue reading →
Reminiscing About The Hall Of Fame Class of 2022
July 25, 2022, the Class of 2022 was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. The inductees were: Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Buck O’Neil, Tony Oliva, and David Ortiz, as well … Continue reading →
Doc Social
Just a quick note to our followers on DocAdamsBaseBall.org social media presence. As you are aware we continue our long running Facebook page (DanielLuciusDocAdams) We have returned to X (formally known as Twitter @DocAdamsBB) and have just joined Instagram (@DocAdamsBaseBall). … Continue reading →
Doc Adams Base Ball Biography (Retirement)
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 →
Are You Experienced?
The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club has been recreated with the advent of The Knickerbocker Experience. They debuted at the Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 2022. With the club’s special attention to historical accuracy, the … Continue reading →
Mark Your Calendar: Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival
The 27th installment of the Annual Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival will take place on August 3-4, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration. In 2015, this longest running annual vintage base ball festival of its kind was renamed in honor … Continue reading →
Do You Know Doc Adams (Chapter 1: He Was More Than A Player)
On the Induction Day for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024, our thoughts look forward to our hopes for the Class of 2025. #DocAdamsHOF.
Continue reading →Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia
“Baseball : The Biographical Encyclopedia” by the editors of Total Baseball is the ‘complete biographical reference of the national pastime’. There is a lengthy entry for Doc Adams that includes his personal life and leans heavily on the 1896 Sporting … Continue reading →
Cholera
Daniel Lucius Adams obtained n M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1838, Following his time in college, he joined his father’s medical practice. The pair worked in Mont Vernon, before the younger Adams relocated twice, first to Boston and then … Continue reading →
First Pitch: How Baseball Began
With “First Pitch: How Baseball Began”, America’s premier baseball historian has created the first book for young baseball fans that truly tells the story of the origins of our national pastime. While debunking long-held myths, Thorn introduces kids to the … Continue reading →