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1951 Bobby Thomson "Shot Heard 'Round the World" Home Run Program
"The shot heard 'round the world," is often considered to be the most dramatic moment is baseball history. That moment occurred on Oct. 3, 1951, when the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in the final game of a best-of-three games National League pennant playoff to give the New York Giants the NL flag over their archrivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Offered is a scored program/scorecard from that game. The Giants were 13.5 games behind the Dodgers in mid-August of that '51 season, and yet the Giants played fantastic baseball down the stretch, winning 37 of their last 44 games, to catch Brooklyn and force the playoff series. It later became known that the Giants that season had a "spotter," coach Herman Franks, with a pair of binoculars, hidden in the center field clubhouse, and Franks was conveying opponents' signs to the Giants' dugout. In the Giants' pennant winning victory, with the Giants trailing 4-2 and with men on second and third base, Brooklyn manager Charlie Dressen brought in Ralph Branca to relieve Don Newcombe. New York manager Leo Durocher said to Thomson, "If you ever hit one, hit one now." On a 1-1 count, Thomson did hit one - into the left field stands - and the Giants' radio announcer, Russ Hodges. screamed, thirteen times, "The Giants win the pennant!" The displayed program has been neatly scored in pencil. The scoring is basic, with an "O" for an out and a "S" for a single, etc. The program/scorecard measures approx. 6.5x10", and it has 24 pages. It is in excellent condition, and it recalls baseball's classic pennant moment.
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