Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants¿ Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers¿ Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant.

It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."

The game ¿ the first ever televised nationally¿was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions more, including thousands of American servicemen stationed in Korea, listening on Armed Forces Radio.

©2015 Bobby Thompson (P)2015 Bobby Thompson

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Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants¿ Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers¿ Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant.

It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."

The game ¿ the first ever televised nationally¿was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions more, including thousands of American servicemen stationed in Korea, listening on Armed Forces Radio.

©2015 Bobby Thompson (P)2015 Bobby Thompson

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Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World

Voices of Baseball's Shot Heard Round The World


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Overview

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants¿ Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers¿ Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant.

It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World."

The game ¿ the first ever televised nationally¿was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions more, including thousands of American servicemen stationed in Korea, listening on Armed Forces Radio.

©2015 Bobby Thompson (P)2015 Bobby Thompson


Product Details

BN ID: 2940169076585
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 11/06/2015
Edition description: Unabridged
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