Today, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the candidates that have been selected by the Pre-Integration Era Committee for enshrinement in the Hall. Doc Adams is one of 10 candidates appearing on the ballot. If named on 75% of the ballots cast, he will earn election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2016, along with any electees who emerge from the 2016 Baseball Writers’ Association of America election. Live Coverage: Pre-Integration Era Committee Election Results on the MLB Network starting at 11:00 AM. We all wait with breathless … Continue reading →

The 16-member Pre-Integration Era Committee will be meeting to consider the 10 candidates on the Pre-integration Era Ballot, headlined by Doc Adams, starting today at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN. Voting will be completed tomorrow. Any candidate to receive votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast will earn election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2016, along with any electees who emerge from the 2016 Baseball Writers’ Association of America election. The members of the committee are: Hall of Fame members Bert Blyleven, Bobby Cox, … Continue reading →

In the second part of his “Breaking down the Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era ballot” article in Sports Illustrated, Jay Jaffee sums it up with, “If I had a ballot in this, I’d tab … Adams, whose role in establishing baseball as we know it remained obscure for far too long.“

Glen Sparks posted the first part of his two part interview of Marjorie Adams, “Hall of Fame Considers the Case for Pioneer ‘Doc’ Adams” today on the Dazzy Vance Chronicles. Marjorie, “one of Doc’s biggest supporters”, talks in depth about her great-grandfather and the role he played in the development of the game of baseball. Definitely worth a read! The second part of the interview will be posted tomorrow.

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 the list of 10 candidates, headlined by Doc Adams, at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, TN. The Hall of Fame will announce the candidates that have been selected by the Pre-Integration Committee for enshrinement in the Hall. Candidates named on 75% of the ballots cast will earn election and be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2016, … Continue reading →