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Poetry & Song Baseball’s
Sad Lexicon Franklin P. Adams, New York Evening Mail, July 1910 Originally written to fill eight blanks on a newspaper page, this short poem became a fan favorite. It was written a day after the Cubs had beaten the New York Giants. Thus the legend was born of the Joe Tinker - Johnny Evers - Frank Chance double play tri-angle.
These
are the saddest of possible words: “Tinker
to Evers to Chance.” Trio
of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds, “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
Ruthlessly
pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making
a Giant hit into a double— Words
that are weighty with nothing but trouble: “Tinker
to Evers to Chance.” * *
After Johnny Evers was sold to the Boston Braves for $25,000, another poem was printed in Sporting Life, a parody of the classic above.
Unnamed Sporting Life, 1914
Brought
to the leash and smashed in the jaw, Evers
to Tener to Taft. Hounded
and hustled outside of the law, Evers
to Tener to Taft. Torn
from the Cubs and the glitter of gold, Stripped
of the guerdons and glory untold, Kicked
in the stomach and cut from the fold, Evers to Tener to Taft. * * ... and another poem in the style of:
Tinker to Evers?
For a ballclub to win in the National League
Oh, where would Chicago's Bear Cubs have been
If with glove not of gold and hands lined with lead
Then Pirates and Giants would score on these terrors
And how would Franklin P. Adams describe
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