Bobby Thomson Dies at 86; Hit Epic Home Run

[BeyondGeography]

Source: The New York Times

Bobby Thomson, who hit “the shot heard round the world” — an epic home run for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds on Oct. 3, 1951, to climax baseball’s most memorable pennant drive — died Monday at his home in Savannah, Ga. He was 86.

His death was announced by his daughter Megan Thomson Armstrong, who said je he had been in failing health and had recently had a fall.

Memorably described in a play-by-play call by the Giants radio announcer Russ Hodges, Thomson’s homer endures as perhaps the most dramatic play in baseball history, a stirring conclusion to the Giants’ late-summer comeback known as “the miracle of Coogan’s Bluff” and a moment that has since resonated in popular culture.

“I can remember feeling as if time was just frozen,” Thomson once said. “It was a delirious, delicious moment.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/sports/baseball/18thomson.html?hp

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A lovely guy; always enjoyed the fact that he and Ralph Branca became good friends.

The Giants win the pennant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

RIP, Bobby.

[louis-t]

1. I never get tired of seeing the video and

hearing the recording.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. I remember the game. RIP, Bobby.