Happy 11th Birthday DocAdamsBaseBall.org!
The Doc Adams Base Ball website is celebrating its 11th birthday!
It’s been a fun, exciting, and rewarding ride – one that will continue until Doc and his contributions are well known by baseball fans. Hopefully, this will result in his having a plaque in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s gallery.
A lot has happened just since this website was established 11 years ago. An engaging and memorable interview of Doc Adams (Marjorie Adams) at SABR’s 6th Annual Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference in Cooperstown…. Selection of Doc Adams as SABR’s 2014 Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend…the longest running Vintage Base Ball festival of its kind renamed the Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival…Doc appearing on the 2016 Pre-integration Era Committee Ballot… and sadly, coming up 2 votes shy of election…the re-discovery of the ‘Laws of Base Ball‘ authored by Doc in 1857 which baseball historian John Thorn refers to as baseball’s Magna Carta which sold at auction for $3.26M…….Marjorie Adams presented, and received an honorable mention for her research presentation “Doc Adams: A Founding Father of Baseball” at the SABR 47 National Conference in New York City…signs honoring Doc Adams were dedicated in his hometown of Mont Vernon… the Doc Adams Birthplace Classic now held annually in Doc Adams’ hometown…Doc Adams’ “Laws of Base Ball” exhibited at the Library of Congress…. the Doc Adams Memorial Classic… and more – check out our site.
Since our last birthday…
With Doc Adams once again eligible for the 2025 Classic Baseball Era Hall of Fame Ballot and the corresponding interest, the efforts to raise awareness are in full swing this year. The ballot is to be announced in the October/November timeframe with the voting results announced at the 2024 Winter Meetings. Although the new era rules make the task even more daunting, we continue to hold out hope.
The Vintage Base Ball community have made their feelings known about Doc Adams with special “A Pitch for Doc Adams” events, and more are planned.
The Doc Adams Old Time Base Ball Festival was even more special this year as “Doc Adams Day” was celebrated on Saturday… we returned to X (Twitter) and debuted on Instagram and Threads.
The Doc Adams Birthplace Classic hit the road to New Haven for the Doc Adams Memorial Classic in 2023, it is set to return home to Mont Vernon, NH next month. Stay tuned for other events.
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“We look forward to continuing to raise awareness of Dr. Daniel Lucius ‘Doc’ Adams and hopefully seeing his contributions and achievements finally formally acknowledged. Thanks to all who have taken an active role in our efforts. Thanks to our followers and visitors for expressing interest, support, and helping us spread the word! Now we have an even greater opportunity to continue to raise awareness about Doc Adams. To be clear, we are not creating a narrative or inventing “evidence” for Doc Adams’ Hall of Fame case. We are simply sharing historical facts, and documented positions of respected historians, authors, and writers – bringing Adams’ story to a wider audience.”
Roger J, Ratzenberger, Jr.
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Stay tuned as we hope that our 12th year is our biggest yet! Maybe even with a special celebration!
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