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An ode to what once was:



The home crowd goes wild as Cobb steps to the plate;
'Our Tigers will win' they all think at first glance.
The bases are jammed, just one down in the ninth;
The Cub pitcher, a rookie, about to soil his gray pants.

His pitch is a skilled one, Cobb's swing not as good.
The scorecard's last entry puts Detroit in it's trance;
6-4-3 "Cubs win!" "Cubs win!"
'Tinker to Evers to Chance'

Cute! Almost as good as the original throw-away space filler:

These are the saddest of of possible words
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Trio of Bearcubs fleeter than birds
Tinker to Evers to Chance.
Thoughtlessly breaking our gonfallon bubble
Making a Giant hit into a double...
Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble,
Tinker to Evers to Chance.

Sorry-ano still has two years left on his contract.