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The man who fired "the shot heard round the world," Bobby Thomson, acknowledges the cheers of the crowd at the Polo Grounds on October 3, 1951. With the Dodgers ahead in the bottom of the ninth inning, Thomson's home run off of Ralph Branca gave the Giants a 5-4 win over the Dodgers and the National League championship. ("The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!")
Photo: Associated Press
March 14, 1954
Hank Aaron, filling in for Bobby Thomson, who broke his ankle yesterday, starts his first game wearing a Braves uniform. The 20-year-old from Mobile, Alabama, makes such an impression when he collects three hits, including a home run, in the spring training game against Boston that the club offers him a major league contract.
The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
Giants' hero Bobby Thomson, left, embraces teammates, including pitcher Sal Maglie (right), October 3, 1951. Thomson famously slugged a 3-run homer in the ninth inning that defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 in the rubber game of the 1951 playoffs at the Polo Grounds to win the National League pennant.
Photo: NY Daily News via Getty Images
March 13, 1954
During an exhibition game against the Yankees, recently acquired Brave Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle in three places and will be sidelined until July 14. The 1951 National League playoff hero is replaced in the Braves’ lineup by a promising prospect named Hank Aaron.
It was 70 years ago today...
It was 70 years ago today…
No, not Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Buy the “Shot heard ’round the world,” the game that regularly brings up “The Giants win the pennant” call. The game that forever link the names Thomson and Branca a generation before Wilson and Buckner. I was reminded of the platinum anniversary by a piece in today’s New York Times by George A. Hirsch who was there at the Polo Grounds for one of…
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Decades later, ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ remains resonant New York call
Decades later, ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ remains resonant New York call
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This week The Post takes a fresh look at the “best of” New York sports history — areas that are just as worthy of debate, but that haven’t been argued incessantly. Today’s edition: the best broadcast call in New York sports history.
“Bobby Thomson, up there swinging …”
The greatest broadcasting call in New York sports history, as voted by The Post’s staff, occurred on Oct. 3, 1951 at the…
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