[NJARC] The Shot Heard 'Round the World

[John Ruccolo]

Yes! 

Willie Mays was on-deck when Bobby Thomson hit his famous home run.



----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Connor <joeconnor53 at yahoo.com>
To: njarc at mailman.qth.net; John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 4:03:09 PM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] The Shot Heard 'Round the World

DiMaggio's last year and Mantle's and Mays' rookie season. Three baseball teams 
in New York and all of them good. 


            Joe Connor

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Ruccolo <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [NJARC] The Shot Heard 'Round the World
> To: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 7:20 PM
> Just remember 
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> _________________________________________________________
> Bobby Thomson died on Monday at age 86.
> 
> One of the most famous radio sports moments in history.
> 
> ^BC-BBO--Obit-Thomson-Radio Call,0250
> ^Broadcaster Russ Hodges' call on Thomson's homer
> ^AP Photo NY165
> ^By The Associated Press=
>    Russ Hodges was announcing Game 3 of the 1951 NL
> pennant playoff
> between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers on WMCA
> radio in
> New York. Hodges' exuberant call of Bobby Thomson's winning
> home
> run, the ``Shot Heard 'Round the World'':
>    ___=
>    ``Hartung down the line at third, not taking any
> chances.
> Lockman without too big of a lead at second, but he'll be
> runnin'
> like the wind if Thomson hits one.
>    ``Branca throws. There's a long drive. It's gonna be,
> I believe
> _ the Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
> The
> Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
>    ``Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the
> left-field
> stands! The Giants win the pennant! And they're going
> crazy!
> They're going crazy!''
>    AP-ES-08-17-10 1914EDT
> 
> 
> 
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