 In 2008 , he won the Hilda Award , which is awarded annually by The Baseball Reliquary " to recognize distinguished service to the game by a baseball fan " and is named in memory of Hilda Chester , a dedicated fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers . In April 2012 , Great Lakes Brewing Company , a Cleveland @-@ based brewery and brewpub , released a product called Rally Drum Red Ale in honor of Adams and Opening Day . In April 2015 , The Plain Dealer columnist Tim Warsinskey wrote a column suggesting that a statue of Adams be built in Cleveland in his honor . 
