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2022 Michigan Vintage Base Ball Festival Remembers Marjorie Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 2, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 30, 2022

The 2022 Michigan Vintage Base Ball Festival was held June 24-26 in Frankenmuth, MI. As usual, it was successful festival and a grand time was had by all. The Cornhuskers Base Ball Club of Canton successfully defended the Michigan State … 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, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 24, 2022

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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The Father Of The National Game Still Living In New Haven

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 23, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 24, 2022

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, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 24, 2022

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 17, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 16, 2022

As we know, the “Special” Early Baseball Overview Committee inexplicably left Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams, M.D. off the 2022 Early Baseball Era Ballot. At the time, we indicated that this would not deter us from continuing our education campaign and … Continue reading →

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The Bat And Ball Letter

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 15, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

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 … Continue reading →

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A Little Knickerbocker Base Ball Club History

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on June 5, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

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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The Fly Game: Knickerbockers Vs. The Excelsiors

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 29, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 24, 2022

In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New York newspaper that extensively covered the expanding world of base ball playing, an untitled paragraph announced the possibility of a forthcoming game that would be strikingly different … Continue reading →

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Doc Musings

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 17, 2022 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 MLB “Well you know Doc saved baseball.” Fred Ivor Campbell, noted baseball historian and author “Ninety feet between home plate and first base … Continue reading →

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Doc Adams Elected Knickerbockers’ Vice-President

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 5, 2022 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

The Knickerbockers held elections annually to determine who would serve as officials. At the club’s second election, held on May 5, 1846, Adams was named the Knickerbockers’ vice president. At an April 1847 meeting, he became the president of the … Continue reading →

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