John Adams is known as a dedicated fan

Fan (person)

A Fan, sometimes also called aficionado or supporter, is a person with a liking and enthusiasm for something, such as a band or a sports team. Fans of a particular thing or person constitute its fanbase or fandom...

 of the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...

 who plays a bass drum

Bass drum

Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...

 during Indians games at Progressive Field.

Drumming

Adams originally started to drum at Cleveland Stadium

Cleveland Stadium

Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...

 on August 24, 1973, when the Indians played the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...

. Cleveland won, 11-5. Ever since, Adams has sat in the highest bleacher

Bleacher

Bleachers is an American term used to describe the raised, tiered rows of seats found at sports fields or at other spectator events...

 seat in left center field with his bass drum, and has only missed 34 games in subsequent years. He is the only fan for whom the team has dedicated a bobble head

Bobble Head

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 day. Adams originally paid for his tickets (one for himself, and one for his drum), but recently the Indians have paid for his seats in honor of the contributions he has made to the ballpark atmosphere. The man known by many baseball fans simply as 'The Drummer' was featured in an interview segment in a 1997

1997 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians ; Liván Hernández, MVP*American League Championship Series MVP: Marquis Grissom**American League Division Series*National League Championship Series MVP: Liván Hernández...

 episode of This Week In Baseball

This Week in Baseball

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On October 4, 2007, Adams threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Indians first game of the 2007 American League Division Series

2007 American League Division Series

-Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees:-Game 1, October 3:Fenway Park in Boston, MassachusettsIn Game 1, Boston starter Josh Beckett threw a complete-game shut out, allowing the Red Sox to win the opener...

. Adams played the drum at his 3,000th game on April 27, 2011.

Personal life

John Adams resides in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...

. Adams attended both Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland and Parma Senior High School

Parma Senior High School

Parma Senior High School , is one of three public high schools in the Parma City School District in Parma, Ohio. The school is a member of the Northeast Ohio Conference...

 in Parma, Ohio

Parma, Ohio

Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is the largest suburb of Cleveland and the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio...

, where he played bass and drum before graduating high school in 1969. Adams works on computer systems for AT&T

AT&T

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

 and teaches classes at Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...

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