R.I.P. Bobby Thomson

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R.I.P. Bobby Thomson

Post by Lavabe » August 17th, 2010, 8:36 pm

The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!

For those who don't know, this is one of the most famous calls in all of baseball history. ESPN.COM has a video of THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD:
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/ ... id=5471194
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Post by EarlJam » August 17th, 2010, 8:56 pm

Lavabe wrote:The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!

For those who don't know, this is one of the most famous calls in all of baseball history. ESPN.COM has a video of THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD:
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/ ... id=5471194
Aw man. Bummer. Indeed one of the greatest hits in baseball history. R.I.P. Bobby Thompson!

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Re: R.I.P. Bobby Thomson

Post by captmojo » August 17th, 2010, 9:01 pm

Just hearing of this from you guys.
RIP.
He became good friends with the the Dodger's pitcher.
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Re: R.I.P. Bobby Thomson

Post by lawgrad91 » August 17th, 2010, 9:19 pm

captmojo wrote:Just hearing of this from you guys.
RIP.
He became good friends with the the Dodger's pitcher.
They made appearances together in their later years.

RIP, Bobby.

His home run was one of the most famous plays in sports history.
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Re: R.I.P. Bobby Thomson

Post by CathyCA » August 17th, 2010, 9:23 pm

And the Dodgers and the Giants were both New York teams then, not California teams.
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