This day in baseball: “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon” first appears
Posted: July 12, 2019 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, Chicago Cubs, Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Evening Mail, poetry, sports Leave a comment“Baseball’s Sad Lexicon,” featuring the famous double play combination of “Tinker to Evers to Chance,” was first published on July 12, 1910. However, the original name of the the poem was “That Double Play Again.” Six days later, the New York Evening Mail would republish the poem, this time with the title we know it by today, “Baseball’s Sad Lexicon.”
From left: Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance (Lawrence Journal World)
