Muscotah is the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker. The Atchison County town is also home of the World's Largest Baseball.

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Visitors tour the future home of the Joe Tinker museum which will be housed in this 20-foot by 20-foot steel baseball, a converted water tower tank, in Muscotah. It is now the world's largest baseball. Joe Tinker Day was Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Joe Tinker memorabilia is display on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. The town is also home of the World's Largest Baseball, where a museum for Joe Tinker will be established.

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Joe Tinker memorabilia is displayed on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. The town is also home of the World's Largest Baseball where a museum for Joe Tinker will be established.

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Joe Tinker Day T-shirts were popular Saturday, July 27 in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Jay Tinker, of Baltimore, the grandson of Joe Tinker, signs an autograph for Jordan Best, 8, of Safford, Ariz., right, on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. At center is Jordan's grandfather Keith Wilson, of Muscotah.

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The town of Muscotah hosts a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27. Muscotah is the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop and home of the World's Largest Baseball.

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Young team members of the Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club look over bats prior to a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Ballplayers warm up on the field while costumed fans attend a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Baseballs and a brush for home plate sit on the umpire's seat during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27 in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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A woman shades herself with an umbrella as players stretch in the outfield before a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Members of the Hodgeman Nine and Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club run onto the field for a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Teams line up for introductions before the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. A converted water tower tank has been transformed into the World's Largest Baseball in Muscotah.

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Members of the Hodgeman Nine line up for introductions before the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Ballplayers line up during introductions before a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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A goat mingles with players during introductions of a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27 in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. Before the game started, volunteers brought a goat named Buster through the crowed, urging spectators to pat him on the head and help “reverse the curse,” in reference to the infamous “Billy Goat” curse that some say has doomed the Chicago Cubs in every World Series race since the turn of the last century.

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Jeff Hanson, Muscotah, right, is presented a bat for the Joe Tinker museum. Hanson is responsible for efforts to build the museum in the northeast Kansas town to honor Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, who was born there. Joe Tinker Day was Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, home of the World’s Largest Baseball, a converted water tower tank that will eventually house the museum.

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A vintage baseball game is played on Joe Tinker Field on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27 in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. The northeast Kansas town is also home of the World's Largest Baseball.

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A line-up card is filled in for the Wichita Bulldozers before a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Mark "Shotgun" Wellbrock, Jetmore, with the Hodgeman Nine tosses an underhand pitch during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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An infielder attempts to catch a ground-ball during a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop. The Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club of Wichita and the Hodgeman Nine, from Hodgeman County, played an exhibition game.

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Sam "Slug" Sheahan, Wichita, heads for home plate during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club members cheer for their teammates during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah.

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Aaron "Pirate" Staab, Topeka, a member of the Cowtown Vintage Base Ball Club, Wichita, posts the score during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Fans sit in the shade beside the field during a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Fans watch a vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop immortalized in the baseball poem "Tinker to Evers to Chance."

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Dolly Wilson, Muscotah, sells some Cracker Jack to Cole Moyer, 6, during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Francene Sharp, Wichita, argues a call and questions the vision or umpire Bob "Eagle-eye" Garrett, Wichita, during the vintage baseball game on Joe Tinker Day, Saturday, July 27, in Muscotah, the birth town of the Hall of Fame Chicago Cubs shortstop.

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Major League Baseball shortstop Joe Tinker played for the Chicago Cubs from 1902 to 1912, a span during the which the Cubs won two World Series. Tinker played for two other teams before rejoining the Cubs for the 1916 season. Tinker, from Muscotah, Kan., was elected into the3 Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.

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