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A Poem And A Ballad For Doc Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 20, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

Time for a little fun. Last year. I took a test drive of Bing’s artificial intelligence search engine and asked it to write a poem and a song about Doc Adams, The poem and song can be found here. This year I decided to ask the latest iteration of the tool to write a poem about “Doc Adams Hall of Fame case” and ballad about “Doc Adams’ life, accomplishments, contributions to baseball and his Hall of Fame case”. AI does not seem to be there yet; however, it does make a case for Doc. Doc Adams’ Hall Of Fame Case … Continue reading →

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“The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 18, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

In his book, “”The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick”, Andrew J. Schiff states: “At this particular stage, only one other person, Dr. Daniel “Doc” Adams of the Knickerbockers, may have had more influence. Doc Adams was elected presiding officer of the first convention of baseball players and was credited with many of the game’s early innovations.”

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A Quick Doc Adams Chat With Bing

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 16, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 5, 2024

Last year, Bing, introduced 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, stories, code and more. It uses Artificial Intelligence techniques to understand your queries and provide relevant and engaging responses. The reason I’m talking about this is that I decided to take it for a test drive with no other topic than Doc Adams. Some results have been questionable. I debated with it as to whether Doc Adams had ever … Continue reading →

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The San Diego Lawyer On The Basics Of Baseball

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 13, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 4, 2026

In the Mar/Apr 2021 issue of San Diego Lawyer, George W. Brewster, Jr.’s regular history column covers the “The Basics of Baseball”. His column discusses early baseball, the rediscovery of Doc Adams’ handwritten “Laws of Base Ball“, and their “almost mythical cadence”. Brewster quotes John Thorn’s declaration of Doc Adams as “the true father of baseball”. He also talks to and about the super fan, Hayden Trubitt, the current owner of the “Laws of Base Ball”. Trubitt, a lawyer and former President of the San Diego County Bar Association, purchased the Laws at auction for over $3 million in 2016.

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2nd Base Ball Convention Convened

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 10, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

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, A.B. Taylor. “Baseball’s 19th Century Winter Meetings, 1857-1900, SABR, Robert Tholkes (2018) Logically, the meeting before the 1858 season would concentrate on fine-tuning the 1857 changes after a season’s experience with them. Proposals not accepted in 1857 would resurface, among them the “fly rule,” called strikes and the use of flat bats. Also, contentiousness over which was the “champion club” … Continue reading →

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1859 NABBP Convention

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 9, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

The Rules Committee consisted of Dr. D.L. Adams [the chair], T.G. Voorhis, T.F. Jackson, W.A. Sears, F. Pidgeon, and William Cauldwell; (three others were absent). “Baseball’s 19th Century ‘Winter’ Meetings, 1857-1900, SABR, 2018

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Marjorie Adams on Baseball and BBQ Podcast

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 8, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 19, 2024

On March 8, 2021, Marjorie Adams appeared on the Baseball and BBQ podcast to discuss her great-grandfather and baseball pioneer, Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams, MD, with Leonard Aberman, Jeff Cohen, and special guest Jeff ‘Pinetar’ Kornhaas. The podcast can be heard here: Baseball and BBQ Episode #87: Marjorie Adams, Baseball Royalty, Steve Ray from Owls Nest BBQ and Gary Looney from Angels Spring Training Camp. The group discusses Doc Adams’ life, his contributions to the game of baseball, and the hopes of having him inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022. It is a very engaging and … Continue reading →

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Remembering The First Baseball Convention

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 7, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

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 article does, albeit briefly, mention Doc Adams: The forgotten titan of the game is Cartwright’s fellow Knickerbocker Daniel “Doc” Adams, say baseball historians. “Considered by some to be the true ‘Father of Baseball,’ ‘Doc’ Adams was elected president of the first Base Ball Convention in 1857,” Miklich writes. “On this day in history, March 7, 1857, baseball adopts nine players, nine … Continue reading →

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Efforts Ramp Up To Get CT Baseball Legend Into Hall Of Fame

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 6, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

In his March 6, 2015 Connecticut Magazine article, “Efforts Ramp Up to Get CT Baseball Legend Into Hall of Fame”, Eric Olgang detailed the beginning of Marjorie Adams’ quest. The 1858 New York Knickerbockers and Brooklyn Excelsiors It wasn’t the pitch she was expecting. A few years ago, Marjorie Adams of Mystic attended a lecture in Simsbury on the pre-Civil War history of baseball when the speaker, Gary Goldberg-O’Maxfield threw the baseball history equivalent of a curveball—he discussed Doc Adams, and hailed him as a forgotten founding father of America’s pastime. Adams is Marjorie’s great grandfather and she was shocked … Continue reading →

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First Convention of Base Ball Players

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 5, 2024 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 30, 2024

“At the close of 1856 there were 12 clubs in existence, and it was decided to hold a convention of delegates from all of these for the purpose of establishing a permanent code of rules by which all should be governed … the result was the assembling of the first convention of base ball players in May 1857. I was elected presiding officer,” Adams said. “In March of the next year the second convention was held, and at this meeting the annual convention was declared a permanent organization, and with the requisite constitution and bylaws became the National Association of … Continue reading →

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  1. Paul Doyle on Remembering The First Baseball ConventionNovember 7, 2025

    Glad I found this site. Live two towns over from Adams’ birthplace of Mont Vernon, NH

  2. Joie Anderson on In Memory Of Nancy Adams DowneySeptember 7, 2025

    After reading about him and all he did for baseball, he should totally be in the Hall of Fame!

  3. Mark Steven Schwartz on In Memory Of Nancy Adams DowneyJuly 16, 2025

    May Nancy and Marjorie's memories be for a blessing forever.

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    Marjorie was my friend above all.

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