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Tinker to Evers to Chance
Tinker to Evers to ChanceA legendary baseball double-play. The phrase is used as the refrain in the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" by Franklin Piece Adams. It refers to three Chicago Cubs players from the early 20th century: Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance. I wish I had been born in an earlier era, so that I could have seen Tinker to Evers to Chance—not to mention Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and all the famous players of yore.See also: chance, Ever, tinkerTinker to Evers to Chance
Tinker to Evers to Chancelegendary baseball double-play combination (1902–1910). [Am. Sports: Turkin, 474]See: Cooperation |