Where have you gone Joe??

Chance, Frank b. September 9, 1877 d. September 15, 1924Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Nicknamed "The Peerless Leader". As player-manager of the Chicago Cubs from 1905 to 1912, he guided his team to four National League championships and two World Series wins (1907 and 1908). He entered baseball lore as the third link in the famous "Tinker to Evers to Chance" infield trio. Frank Leroy Chance was born in Fresno, California, and made his Major League debut with the Cubs in 1898. In his playing prime he was considered the NL's best...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USAPlot: Section N, Lot 109, Grave 2 NE
Evers, Johnny b. July 21, 1881 d. March 28, 1947Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. As a second baseman with the Chicago Cubs in the early part of the century, he was the middle link in the famous "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" double play combo. He played with the Cubs from 1902 to 1913, the Boston Braves from 1914 to 1917 and the Phillies in 1917. He helped the Cubs to three stright World Series titles, and his alertness in a game in 1912 resulted in the infamous "Merkle Boner", which cost the Giants the pennant (and won it for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)Cause of death: cerebral hemmorhageSaint Marys Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USAPlot: Section B, Lot 237
Tinker, Joe b. July 27, 1880 d. July 27, 1948Professional Baseball Player. As a shortstop who played the majority of his career for the Chicago Cubs, he was known for his defense and his speed. On July 28, 1910 he stole home twice in one game. Overall he appeared in 1,804 games and gathered 1,687 hits, scored 774 runs, had 782 runs batted in and had a career batting average of .262; he also stole 336 bases and hit 114 triples. He appeared in four World Series helping his team win twice. He is forever remembered as being the "Tinker" in...[Read More] (Bio by: CSAGARresearcher)Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USAPlot: Section L, Lot 21

Joe Tinker would have been 138 years old on Sunday, it is not where have you gone Joe DiMaggio, but where has Joe Tinker gone. He stole home twice in a game in 1910, Tinkers to Evers to Chance, they were days when Baseball was still a game, not anything resembling the money driven game that is played in monuments rather than ballparks.

Read the stats of Frank Chance, Johnny Evers, and Joe Tinker, all gone and buried but never forgotten by the baseball purists who love the game as it once was. Gone are Frank, Johnny, and Joe, gone are the Cathedrals they worshipped in, gone are the days when it was a child's game played for love and honor and gone is the dedication of the players that played for love of the game.

Tinkers to Evers to Chance, it meant a double play the way it was meant to be made, it meant playing every day as if it was your last day, it was honoring the memory of all the players that came before and made this the National past time.

Sometimes we fail to understand the signifigance of what was pure and honest, what was once something we all relished in the evenings on the front stoop, ears glued to the radio, waiting for our heroes to win another one. Remembering the voices of the past ghosts of the sports that made it so real for us in our youth, names like By Saam, Bill Campbell asking us to live with them the thrills of a game that was in our hearts.

Well I guess Joe Dimaggio is gone, so is the Mick, Whitey is gone, soon all will be gone, Willie, Yogi, all the heroes who we worshipped, all gone, all that is left are the memories of days gone by,and of course there is always "Tinker to Evers to Chance"

Have a good night Sam