The story
A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Today it means: A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork. Full definition →