Quotes on the death of Bobby Thomson, who hit the ''Shot Heard 'Round the World'' off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca to decide Game 3 of the 1951 National League pennant playoff between the New York Giants ...

Celebrating Bobby Thomson on the anniversary of his historic homer AP Rivalry with the Dodgers Bobby Thomson, shown playing third base and avoiding a sliding Jackie Robinson, was part of the heated ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – He was always the quietest one at the table, the guy with all the stories was content to sit back and listen to what everyone else had to say. Bobby Thomson was a star. He just ...

A die-hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan cut school with his buddies to attend what turned out to be one of the most crushing defeats in all sports. Isn’t it time to let it go? By George A. Hirsch Like Russ ...

NEW YORK — We've heard the frenzied call forever, echoing through baseball lore. "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" Bobby Thomson, the man immortalized with his "Shot Heard ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s 1951. The National League pennant is on the line. Americans serving in the Korean War are waiting on bated breath, huddled next to radios as the New York Giants face off ...

It was a prominent passenger during one of baseball's most famous victory laps, but it disappeared in the celebration that followed. It was later displayed on a nail in a Las Vegas apartment, offered ...

Ralph Branca, whose athletic career was defined by one pitch, died Wednesday. Branca was the pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard Round the World” that carried the New York Giants over the ...

Never again will they mention George Stallings’ “Miracle Braves” of 1914 when alluding to incredible comebacks. From now on it will be Leo Durocher’s “Miracle Giants” – the Giants of 1951 who drove ...

Oct. 3, 1951 – that was 70 years ago, and the story of Bobby Thomson’s "Shot Heard ’Round the World" still resonates as one of baseball’s crowning moments. Way before "The Natural" and the Roy Hobbs ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Famed home run hitter Bobby Thomson has died at age 86. Thomson's death was confirmed Tuesday by the funeral home in Savannah, Ga., that is handling the arrangements. He had been in ...