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08-17-2010, 01:16 PM
Baseball Legend Bobby Thomson Who Hit
'Shot Heard Round the World' Dies
Published August 17, 2010
NYPost.com
Baseball legend Bobby Thomson, whose "shot heard 'round
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMa5eZE5ilE)the world" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMa5eZE5ilE) capped a miracle comeback to win the 1951 National
League pennant for the New York Giants over the rival
Brooklyn Dodgers, has died. He was 86.
Thomson, an outfielder, died on Monday at his home in
Savannah, Georgia after years of declining health, his family
announced this afternoon, according to the Staten Island
Advance.
Nicknamed the "Staten Island Scot" because he was born in
Glasgow but moved to Richmond County as a child, Thomson
played for the Giants from 1946 to 1953. He also played for
the team during the 1957 season.
Thomson would also go on to play for the Milwaukee Braves,
Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.
A .270 career hitter, he became a legend for smacking the
game-winning homer off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph
Branca in the playoffs to win the 1951 NL pennant.
Thomson and Branca later became good friends and would
often make appearances together at baseball card shows.
The home run -- dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
-- is considered one of the most famous in baseball history.
The death comes a month after right-handed pitcher Clint
Hartung, who scored as a pinch-runner on Thomson's homer,
died at age 87.
'Shot Heard Round the World' Dies
Published August 17, 2010
NYPost.com
Baseball legend Bobby Thomson, whose "shot heard 'round
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMa5eZE5ilE)the world" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMa5eZE5ilE) capped a miracle comeback to win the 1951 National
League pennant for the New York Giants over the rival
Brooklyn Dodgers, has died. He was 86.
Thomson, an outfielder, died on Monday at his home in
Savannah, Georgia after years of declining health, his family
announced this afternoon, according to the Staten Island
Advance.
Nicknamed the "Staten Island Scot" because he was born in
Glasgow but moved to Richmond County as a child, Thomson
played for the Giants from 1946 to 1953. He also played for
the team during the 1957 season.
Thomson would also go on to play for the Milwaukee Braves,
Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles.
A .270 career hitter, he became a legend for smacking the
game-winning homer off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph
Branca in the playoffs to win the 1951 NL pennant.
Thomson and Branca later became good friends and would
often make appearances together at baseball card shows.
The home run -- dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
-- is considered one of the most famous in baseball history.
The death comes a month after right-handed pitcher Clint
Hartung, who scored as a pinch-runner on Thomson's homer,
died at age 87.