Happy 201st Birthday To Doc Adams!
Today marks Doc Adams’ 201st birthday! Hip-Hip-Huzzah! Hip-Hip-Huzzah! Hip-Hip-Huzzah!
Continue reading →Doc Adams on MLBreports.com
Doc Adams’s accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball, as well as the efforts to gain his enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, are detailed in an article, “Doc Adams (Hall Of Fame Candidate) On Pre-Integration Era … Continue reading →
Hall of Fame Timeline
Doc Adams was named on the Pre-Integration Era Committee this week, so, here’s a quick update on the upcoming timeline of National Baseball Hall of Fame events. On December 7, 2015, the 16-member Pre-Integration Era Committee will be voting on … Continue reading →
Doc Adams To Appear On Hall Of Fame Ballot
Today the National Hall of Fame announced the candidates on the 2016 Pre-integration Era ballot. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams was named as one of the 10 candidates. This marks a major milestone in the efforts to have Doc recognized with enshrinement. … Continue reading →
On Doc Adams Being Named To The 2016 Pre-integration Era Ballot
From SABR member John Thorn at Our Game on November 14, 2012: Twenty years ago I “rediscovered” Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams with the publication in the debut issue of the Elysian Fields Quarterly of my article “The True Father of … Continue reading →
Doc Adams in The New York Times
Marjorie Adams was interviewed by Corey Kilgannon of the New York Times in “Late Rally for Doc Adams, a Jeter Before There Were Mitts”. The article chronicles Doc Adams’ accomplishments and contributions to the game of baseball, as well as … Continue reading →
170th Anniversary of the Knickerbockers
On September 23, 1845, by virtue of its constitution and by-laws, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club was officially formed. Considered by most baseball historians to have been the first officially organized base ball (2 words in the 19th century) club; … Continue reading →
Roger Cook Adams Interview Posted
In January 1962, Adelaide and Daniel P. Adams conducted an interview of Roger Cook Adams in New York City. Fortunately for us, they made an audio recording of that interview. Now you can hear Roger’s recollections about his father, baseball … Continue reading →
Vintage Base Ball Doubleheader in Waldoboro, ME
Marjorie Adams attended a Sunday afternoon doubleheader on September 13, between the Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Club and the Boston-based New England Picked Nine in Waldoboro, ME. Read about the day in the Blast from past: Vintage baseball conjures memories … Continue reading →
Marjorie Adams Talks About Doc Adams At Recent Vintage Base Ball Game
Marjorie Adams was interviewed in an article appearing in the Saratogian, “Vintage players help to preserve baseball’s history”, on August 25, 2015. In the interview, she talked about Doc, his accomplishments, and his contributions to the game.
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