Bobby Thomson’s ‘Shot Heard ’Round the World’ turns 75
MLB revisits the ninth-inning, three-run homer that won the 1951 National League pennant for the New York Giants.
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MLB marked 75 years since Bobby Thomson’s walk-off homer beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the deciding game of the 1951 National League playoff. The Giants had overcome a 13-game August deficit to tie the Dodgers, going 37-7 over the season’s final seven weeks. MLB also revisited Russ Hodges’s call: “The Giants win the pennant!”
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