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Doc Adams Elected For 4th Term

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on April 5, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 22, 2023

Doc Adams was elected president of the Knickerbockers for the fourth time, winning an election held at the club’s April 5, 1856, meeting. This started his second 3-year stint as president. In total, he served as president for 7 years.

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Bad Timing And Missed Opportunities

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on April 2, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.April 1, 2023

Although A.G. Spalding had ulterior motives, as we all now know, he did recognize the Knickerbockers, including Doc Adams. “Are not some of these gentlemen still living? Or perhaps some of their heirs might throw some light on the early … Continue reading →

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Meet The American Who… Doc Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on April 1, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.April 11, 2023

Doc Adams was profiled yesterday in Fox News Digital’s “Meet the American Who” series by Kerry Byrne. The article is well done and should help increase awareness of Doc Adams and his contributions to the game. The article captures Doc’s … Continue reading →

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Springfield Letter

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 31, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 22, 2023

On March 31, 1845 Doc Adams’ father replied to a letter from his son. Below is an interesting excerpt from that letter. Unfortunately, the transcribed letter prior to this is dated June, 1844, so there is no way of knowing … Continue reading →

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Songs For Marjorie

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 28, 2023 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.April 11, 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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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.April 11, 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.April 11, 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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