Tinker to Evers to Chance

== English == === Alternative forms === Tinker to Evans to Chance (an error as common as the correct form) === Etymology === A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Tinker to Evers to Chance A famous baseball infield double-play combination. === Noun === Tinker to Evers to Chance (US, idiomatic) A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork. ==== See also ==== hot potato === References === === Further reading === Baseball's Sad Lexicon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia