Presented is the opportunity to possess an incredibly rare item: a letter signed jointly by Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers, the midfield duo of the most famous double play trio in baseball history. The famous baseball poem, "Baseball's Sad Lexicon," by Franklin Pierce Adams, begins, "These are the saddest of possible words/'Tinker to Evers to Chance.'" The words, first printed in The Evening Mail, a New York City newspaper, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' early 1900s double play combination of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Hal Chance, all of them Hall of Famers. Tinker hit .279 for his career and Evers batted a lifetime .262. They made the Hall of Fame because of their superior defense, and in large part because of the immense and enduring fame that the poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" brought them. In fact, that fame even caused the 1970s Watergate investigative reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward to use the term "Tinker to Evers to Chance" to refer to something that was accomplished with cool efficiency, like a double play. The great double play trio played at the same time on the Cubs from 1904-12. Starting in 1905, a feud developed between Tinker and Evers, and while they would speak professionally on the field, they hardly ever spoke to each other off the field during their playing days. Reports say that they became cordial again years after their playing days. Still, because of their long feud while on the Cubs, letters jointly signed by them are virtually extinct. The offered letter is on 2.8x5.6" paper. Evers wrote, "To our little Pittsburgh fan Sept. 1, 1936, Jimmy Kehr/Sincerely Yours/John J. 'Johnny' Evers." Tinker signed directly below Evers, signing, "Joe B. Tinker." Both players used blue fountain ink. The letter has been encapsulated and PSA Certified AUTHENTIC AUTO. Autos rate 8/10.