As an educator and historian it is essential for us to consistently reexamine and reassess our interpretation of history and the impact and influence that people, events, and places have on that history. Thankfully MLB and the Baseball HOF have started this process with reexamining the Negro League and the statistics of those players. I am not going to rehash the many deeds that Doc Adams did to contribute to the game of baseball, as many of my fellow players and historians have already done but I think it is time for the baseball community to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions that Doc made to the game of baseball. As an educator I would encourage my students to examine the evidence and come to a conclusion. I would encourage the powers to be to examine that evidence and enshrine Doc Adams into the Hall of Fame for his many contributions to the glorious game of baseball. We constantly have to use the evidence we have to grow and adjust our interpretations of history, there is evidence that shows Doc belongs amongst those baseball immortals, let’s put him there.

Thank You
Brian Sheehy
Essex Base Ball Organization 

Brian Sheehy is an educator, baseball historian, SABR member, and President of the Essex Base Ball Organization.