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The Official Historian Of MLB On Doc Adams

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on December 2, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.June 25, 2022

“He’s the true father of baseball and you’ve never heard of him.” John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball. “Who’s your Daddy? Modern baseball may have new founder“, AP Well, thanks to Thorn, for rediscovering Doc Adams. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Baseball In The Garden Of Eden Flashback

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on August 18, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

Back in 2016, The Sporting News celebrated the start of the 2016 baseball season by listing the best books ever written about the National Pastime. In “The 25 best baseball books of all time, ranked“, “Baseball in the Garden of … Continue reading →

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John Thorn’s Five Inventors

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 28, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

John Thorn, Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball, asks the questions “Who Is Baseball’s Edison? Its Leonardo?” in his recent post in Our Game. We are particularly interested in his thoughts on Doc Adams. Thorn’s entire post, “5 Inventors” … Continue reading →

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John Thorn Mentions Doc At ‘The Fred’

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on May 18, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

In a recent post in his blog, Our Game (April 26), John Thorn detailed the talk he gave at SABR’s 11th annual Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference. In ‘How We Got Here: 19th century baseball and why it … Continue reading →

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Baseball in the Time of Cholera (John Thorn)

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on April 16, 2021 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, we shared some information on Dr. Daniel Lucius Adams (Doc Adams) contributions during the New York Cholera epidemic of 1854. In his Our Game Blog, John Thorn (the official historian for MLB) provided context of … Continue reading →

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Baseball in the Time of Cholera (John Thorn)

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on April 16, 2020 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.December 10, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, we shared some information on Dr. Daniel Lucius Adams (Doc Adams) contributions during the New York Cholera epidemic of 1854. In his Our Game Blog, John Thorn (the official historian for MLB) provided context of … Continue reading →

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“The Laws of Baseball … and the Unchanging Game” by John Thorn

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on July 18, 2018 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 14, 2022

John Thorn’s speech was one of the highlights of this past weekend’s events at the Library of Congress’ Baseball Americana exhibition. John is the Official Historian for Major League Baseball and his blog, ‘Our Game’, is a must read for baseball fans. … Continue reading →

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Baseball in the Garden of Eden Lecture at Oregon Historical Society

Doc Adams Base Ball (Official) Posted on September 4, 2016 by Roger J. Ratzenberger, Jr.July 14, 2022

John Thorn recently gave a lecture in the Oregon Historical Society’s summer series, entitled, “Baseball in the Garden of Eden (can be heard in its entirety here)“. It was on the occasion of the ‘Laws of Base Ball’ making its … Continue reading →

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