If Doc Adams was looking down on Hartford Saturday, he was probably blushing. He was that type.

To hear his accomplishments recited, his virtues extolled and see the pride in the faces of his great, great-great and great-great-great grandchildren, the old Doc might well have been embarrassed by it all…

Read more: Doc Adams Finally Recognized As A Founder Of Baseball – Dom Amore/Hartford Courant (10 Sep 2011)