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 golden gonfalon bubble,

Making a Giant hit into a double-

Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:

Tinker to Evers to Chance.