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Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks…

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 29, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

To celebrate Opening Day in 2024, Kerry J. Byrnes, wrote an article, “Crackerjack, immortalized in baseball anthem is a grand-slam recipe at home, too.” It highlights the history of that “salty, sweet, and crunchy” snack that has been associated with … Continue reading →

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Doc Resigns From The Knickerbockers

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 26, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

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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1860 NABBP Convention

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 24, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.April 7, 2025

The Rules Committee, chaired by Dr. Daniel Adams of the Knickerbockers, had met in February to make recommendations to the convention on rule changes, and Adams reported that the committee was unanimously in favor of the fly game. A debate … Continue reading →

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Spreading Doc Adams Awareness in Japan

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 21, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

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

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 18, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 22, 2025

Henry Chadwick remains one of the titans of baseball history. As a pioneering baseball journalist and author, an innovator of scorekeeping practices and statistics, and chairman of the first rules committee, Chadwick left an indelible mark on the history of … Continue reading →

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2nd Base Ball Convention Convened

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 10, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.April 7, 2025

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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Remembering The First Baseball Convention

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 7, 2025 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 … Continue reading →

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Base Ball Arithmetic

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 5, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.February 21, 2025

Doc’s father, Daniel Adams MD (1773-1864) was born in Townsend, Massachusetts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College in 1797 and from the second class of Dartmouth Medical School in 1799. As well as being a practicing physician, he … Continue reading →

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Memoirs Of The Father Of Base Ball

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on March 1, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 13, 2025

On February 29, 1896, the Sporting News published an article on Dr. D. L. Adams sub-titled ‘Memoirs of the Father of Base Ball’. The article is based on an interview of Doc and details his contributions to the nascent National … Continue reading →

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Doc Appointed Delegate To The 1st Convention Of Base Ball Clubs

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on February 27, 2025 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.January 13, 2025

At a meeting held February 27, 1858, Messrs. D. L. Adams and W. H. Grenelle were appointed delegates to the first convention of Base Ball Clubs, to be held on the 10th of March. The first meeting of the Convention … Continue reading →

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