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When did Joe Tinker start his career?
1902
Was Joe Tinker known for anything during his early time as a shortstop?
Joe Tinker was a speedy runner, stealing an average of 28 bases a season and even stealing home twice in one game on July 28, 1910.
So Joe Tinker was a good runner, but could he bat?
Joe Tinker was just an average hitter, batting .268 for his career in an era of high batting averages.
Did Joe Tinker ever play in the World Series?
Joe Tinker was a member of the Chicago Cubs dynasty that won four pennants and two World Series championships between 1906 and 1910.
Did Joe Tinker go on to play with anyone after the Cubs?
Murphy was unhappy with Joe Tinker's high salary demands, which led him to agree to trade Tinker to the Cincinnati Reds in December 1912.
Is there anything else that is interesting besides Joe Tinker playing for the Cincinatti Reds?
Joe Tinker is perhaps best known for the Tinker to Evers to Chance double play combination in the poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon, written by Franklin Pierce Adams in July 1910.
Was the poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams ever published?
This work was first published as That Double Play Again in the New York Evening Mail on July 12, 1910.

Question: What was the poem about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon by Franklin Pierce Adams about?