Tinker to Evers to Chance

Baseball's Sad Lexicon, also known as Tinker to Evers to Chance after its refrain, is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The poem is presented as a single, rueful, stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan seeing the talented Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play.

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1910 - Baseball - Poem - Franklin Pierce Adams - New York Giants - Chicago Cubs - Shortstop - Joe Tinker - Second baseman - Johnny Evers - First baseman - Frank Chance - Double play

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