Jay Jaffe of FanGraphs made a great point prior to the last time Doc Adams was eligible for a Hall of Fame ballot, in 2020. Unfortunately, the homework wasn’t done, and Adams astonishingly did not appear on the ballot. We … Continue reading →
Marjorie Adams was interviewed on January 26, 2020 by Claire Hall on the Ask Claire podcast on the Comfortably Zoned Radio Network. Note that this recording only has the 1st half of the podcast (about 14 minutes). Apparently, they had … Continue reading →
In 1871, Doc Adams became the first President of the Ridgefield Savings Bank (now the Fairfield County Bank), a position he would hold in two separate terms for ten of the next fifteen years. His photo still hangs downstairs at the … Continue reading →
The 1857 Convention of Base Ball Players met for the first time on January 22 at Smith’s Hotel, the headquarters of the Knickerbocker Club, with the following clubs represented: Knickerbocker, Gotham, Eagle, Empire, Putnam, Baltic, Excelsior, Atlantic, Harmony, Harlem, Eckford, … Continue reading →
Lawrence Baldassaro’s 2002 book, The American Game, included a chapter by Frederick Ivor-Campbell titled “The Many Fathers of Baseball: Anglo-Americans and the Early Game”. In it, Ivor-Campbell wrote about the previously most overlooked “father” of baseball, Doc Adams. SABR’s Nineteenth … Continue reading →
Donald Dewey and Nicholas Acocella in their book, “The New Biographical History of Baseball: The Classic—Completely Revised” refer to Doc Adams as one of the “candidates for the honorific title of Father of Baseball”.
Continue reading →What may you ask does a book titled “Searching for Mary Schäffer: Women Wilderness Photography” by Colleen Skidmore have to do with Doc Adams? The description of the book is as follows: Mary Schäffer was a photographer, writer, botanical painter, and … Continue reading →
The New York Clipper according to its masthead, was “The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal”. It was the standard bearer of sports weeklies during the 19th century. When died in 1899, Doc Adams was remembered in this publication, one … Continue reading →
Doc Adams on the shortstop position from the seminal February 29, 1896 Sporting News interview. “I used to play shortstop, and I believe I was the first to occupy that place, as it had formerly been left uncovered. At different … Continue reading →