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S Gross"Baseball's Sad Lexicon"
Franklin P. Adams
These are the saddest of possible words,
Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance.
Trio of Bear Cubs 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.
What a GREAT poem !!!!!
I find myself mumbling it to myself quite often. It made them immortal and got Tinker into the HOF (but that's another thread).
If nothing else, it makes people look up the word "gonfalon."
Funny, in a way, usually (historically and statistically), the team with the highest amount of double plays is usually the worst team (more opposing batters reaching first).
........... and, as far as "chicken/egg" OT: I always thought it was based on Evolution (egg) vs. Creationism (chicken), but that's just me .......