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2. Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...

3. 1951 New York Giants (MLB) season - Wikipedia

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   The 1951 New York Giants season was the franchise's 69th season and saw the Giants finish the regular season in a tie for first place in the National League with a record of 96 wins and 58 losses. This prompted a best-of-three National League tiebreaker against the Brooklyn Dodgers, which the Giants won in three games, clinched by Bobby Thomson ...

4. 1951 World Series - Wikipedia

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   1951 World Series. The 1951 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the New York Giants, who had won the National League pennant in a thrilling three-game playoff with the Brooklyn Dodgers on the legendary home run by Bobby Thomson (the Shot Heard 'Round the World). In the Series, the Yankees showed some ...

5. Hank Thompson (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   Hank Thompson (baseball) Henry Curtis Thompson (December 8, 1925 – September 30, 1969) was an American player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a third baseman. A left-handed batter, he played with the Dallas Green Monarchs (1941), Kansas City Monarchs (1943, 1946–47, 1948), St. Louis Browns (1947) and ...

6. 1951 National League tie-breaker series - Wikipedia

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   Dates. October 1–3, 1951. (1951-10-01 – 1951-10-03) Venue. Polo Grounds (Manhattan) Ebbets Field (Brooklyn) The 1951 National League tie-breaker series was a best-of-three playoff series that extended Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1951 regular season to decide the winner of the National League (NL) pennant. The games were played on October ...

7. NY Giants game today vs Washington Commanders: Time, TV ... - AOL

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   Time, TV schedule. TV Channel: FOX. Start time: 1 p.m. The Giants and Commanders will broadcast nationally on FOX in Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season. Chris Meyers and Mark Schlereth will call the ...

8. 1954 World Series - Wikipedia

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   The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians.The Giants swept the Series in four games to win their first championship since 1933, defeating the heavily favored Indians, who had won an AL-record 111 games in the 154-game regular season (a record since broken by the 1998 New York Yankees with 114 and again by ...

9. Russ Hodges - Wikipedia

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   Ford C. Frick Award (1980) Russell Pleasant Hodges (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971) [1] was an American sportscaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants. He is perhaps best remembered for his call of Bobby Thomson 's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"— The Giants win the pennant!