Johnny Evers Grave -- St. Mary's Cemetery Troy (NY) June 2017 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Johnny Evers Grave -- St. Mary's Cemetery Troy (NY) June 2017 / Ron Cogswell
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| 説明 | Per Wikipedia:"John J. 'Johnny' Evers (1881 – 1947) played in Major League Baseball from 1902 through 1917 for the Chicago Cubs, Boston Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies. He was born in Troy (NY). After playing for the local minor league baseball team for one season, Frank Selee, manager of the Cubs, purchased Evers's contract and soon made him his starting second baseman. Evers helped lead the Cubs to four National League pennants, including two World Series championships (1907 and 1908). The Cubs' next World Series championship would famously wait until 2016.The Cubs traded Evers to the Braves in 1914; that season, he led the Braves to victory in the World Series, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. Evers continued to play for the Braves and Phillies through 1917. He then became a coach, scout, manager, and general manager in his later career.As the Cubs' second baseman, Evers was part of a great double-play combination, teaming with shortstop Joe Tinker and first baseman Frank Chance, which was immortalized as 'Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance' in the classic baseball poem "Baseball's Sad Lexicon", written by New York Evening Mail newspaper columnist Franklin Pierce Adams in July 1910.Known as one of the smartest ballplayers in baseball, Evers retired in 1918, having batted .300 or higher twice in his career, stolen 324 bases and scored 919 runs. Evers was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.Evers is also mentioned in the poem 'Line-Up for Yesterday' by Ogden Nash:Line-Up for YesterdayE is for Evers,His jaw in advance;Never afraidto Tinker with Chance. — Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949)"Evers' grave is located in Section B of St. Mary's Cemetery but you may need help from the friendly cemetery staff to find it. That was my experience.DSC_0324 V1 |
| 撮影日 | 2017-06-30 10:49:31 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Troy, New York, United States 地図 |