Bobby Thomson, who hit the 'shot heard 'round the world' home run for the Giants, dies at 86

New York Daily News ^ | August 17, 2010 | Bill Madden and Michael O'Keeffe

[EveningStar]

The man who hit the most famous home run in baseball history is gone.

Bobby Thomson, whose "shot heard 'round the world" capped a best-of-three playoff and the Giants' miracle comeback to win the 1951 National League pennant over the Dodgers, died Monday night at his home in Savannah, Georgia.

[NTHockey]

In NYC, there was. In fact, there was CBS, NBC, ABC, Dumont Network, WOR Channel 9, WPIX Channel 11 and the Jersey station that nobody could get Channel 13.

[nickcarraway]

I am not a fan of either team, but it seems to me that it’s the most famous hit in baseball history. I hear it mentioned more than any other.s

[nickcarraway]

Wait, is that you, Joe Biden?

[OldPossum]

I followed baseball as a youngster and a little bit as an adult.

Here’s my problem with this hoopla. One, don’t you think that it’s more than overstatement (i.e., “shot heard around the world”) when the rest of the world, aside from Japan, does not play baseball. Two, why the excitement over a league pennant game? I could almost understand the situation in which a team comes from way behind to win a World Series.

The whole thing just baffles me. Always has.

[Ready4Freddy]

Our soldiers in Korean were listing to the game.

Two, why the excitement over a league pennant game?

Dodgers and Giants, OP, Dodgers and Giants.

[Ready4Freddy]

Good comments here - http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/bobby-thomson-1923-2010.php

[Signalman]

That announcer was Russ Hodges.

[the scotsman]

Aye, takes a Scotsman tae dae an American’s job........lol

[Uncle Hal]

I was in high school and somebody brought a radio to class and I remember hearing the broadcast of the home run. Every one went wild. I will never forget it.

[xrmusn]

Every one went wild. I will never forget it.
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I was the only ‘true’ Brooklyn Dodger fan in school...I was 12 at the time and most all were Yankee fans with a few Giant fans thrown in...
I ‘cried’ but ‘Dem Bums’ always seemed to give me a ‘bad’ birthday present every year till ‘55 when J. Podres shut out the ‘hated’ Yanks, with the win being preserved by Sandy Amoros’ amazing catch off the bat of Yogi Berra....

[Zionist Conspirator]

There was TV in 1929 when FDR went on TV to explain why the stock market crashed.

FDR opened the World's Fair on TV in 1939. He was not president in 1929.

I think an experimental image of Felix the Cat was televised in 1929, though.

[BluesDuke]

And the on-deck hitter was Willie Mays, then in his rookie season. RIP Bobby.

One of the men on base when Thomson hit it out, pinch-runner Clint Hartung (he was on third as a pinch runner for Don Mueller, who injured his ankle sliding into the base), also died last month.

I lost a ball game, but I gained a friend.---Ralph Branca, when told of Thomson's death.

One of these days, someone will write a book about the sweet friendship Thomson and Branca developed over the years. They so often signed copies of photographs of the famous bomb and donated the proceeds to charity, or played in charity events together, such as Thomson's annual golf tournament.

Monte Irvin (yep, he's still alive and well) has said that, when he joined the Giants after his distinguished Negro Leagues career, Thomson was one of the first Giants to make him feel at home on the club.

Bobby Thomson had class.