Baseball Poem:

1. Read this famous poem about three Chicago Cubs players who were famous for their double plays.
   
   Baseball's Sad Lexicon
   
   These are the saddest of possible words:
   "Tinker to Evers to Chance."
   Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
   Tinker and Evers and Chance.
   Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
   Making a Giant hit into a double—
   Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
   "Tinker to Evers to Chance."
   
    —Franklin P. Adams, New York Evening Mail, July 10, 1910
2. Ask students to write a poem about their favorite athlete or sport. Select the form based on the types of poetry taught within your curriculum.
   
   Standards: NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills; NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies, NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills