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Tinker to Evers to Chance is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The poem was inspired by Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famed double play combination. The poem:

These are the saddest of possible words:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,

Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,

Making a Giant hit into a double --

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

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Tinker to Evers to Chance is a 1910 baseball poem by Franklin Pierce Adams. The poem was inspired by Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famed double play combination. The poem:

These are the saddest of possible words:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,

Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,

Making a Giant hit into a double --

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

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Their first double play was on September 15, 1902.

The most double plays Tinker to Evers to Chance ever turned in 1 season was 58 in the 1907.

Two of the three had their best years in 1912. Over their careers, Evers participated in 688 double plays (71 in 1912), Tinker 668 (73 in 1912) and Chance 470 (just 1 in 1912).

1910: Tinker 54; Evers, 55; and Chance 48 double plays. That's a maximum of one Tinker-Evers-Chance double play every three games.

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The double play combination of the Chicago Cubs. New York sports writer, Franklin Pierce Adams, (who wrote for the New York Evening Mail I think) wrote a short poem in 1910 titled "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" :

These are the saddest of possible words:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,

Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,

Making a Giant hit into a double-

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Joe Tinker was the shortstop, Johnny Evers played second base, and Frank Chance was the fist baseman..

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The double play combination of the Chicago Cubs. New York sports writer, Franklin Pierce Adams, (who wrote for the New York Evening Mail I think) wrote a short poem in 1910 titled "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" :

These are the saddest of possible words:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,

Tinker and Evers and Chance.

Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,

Making a Giant hit into a double-

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

"Tinker to Evers to Chance."

Joe Tinker was the shortstop, Johnny Evers played second base, and Frank Chance was the fist baseman..

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