To: JLAGRAYFOX; Iron Munro; riverdawg
In 1951 NY Giant, Bobby Thompson hit a 150 foot home run in the Polo Grounds ballpark to win the National League Pennant, over the Brooklyn Dodgers. A puny, meager flyball in most ball parks....but it became famously known...As the home run heard round the world!!!.
This is 100% incorrect. The Bobby Thompson shot cleared the 315 ft marker in left field. The homer you're talking about is called "The Homer in the Gloamin'" hit by a player named Gabby Hartnett in 1938 for the Chicago Cubs.
To: MikefromOhio
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