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08-17-2010, 03:27 PM
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Former-New-York-Giants-baseball-great-Bobby-Thomson-dies-at-86-081710

Bobby Thomson, who hit the walk-off "shot heard 'round the world" home run that won the National League pennant for the New York Giants in a playoff against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1951, has died at age 86.
kenwoodall2
08-17-2010, 07:32 PM
Sorry to hear that. Yeasr I was boren and a Giants fan.
Ocala Mike
08-17-2010, 11:43 PM
I was a 9-year old Dodger fan living in Corona, Queens, NYC on a block full of Yankee fans during October, 1951. I took lots of ribbing after that homer.

Can remember the sick feeling I had to this day; taught me never to "invest" too much in being a fan, a lesson reinforced when the Dodgers left 6 years later.


Ocala Mike
Aner
08-18-2010, 01:29 AM
I was a freshman at Penn State and while walking to another class, I heard the call from a radio another student had. Some moments are ingrained in the brain forever. Good memory. Incidentally, I was a Pirate fan. Our brief moment in the sun was the 1962 world series staring Bill Mazaroski.
Robert Goren
08-18-2010, 06:55 AM
I was a freshman at Penn State and while walking to another class, I heard the call from a radio another student had. Some moments are ingrained in the brain forever. Good memory. Incidentally, I was a Pirate fan. Our brief moment in the sun was the 1962 world series staring Bill Mazaroski.That day which will live in infamy occurred on Oct. 13, 1960.
Ocala Mike
08-18-2010, 09:22 AM
Thought you were off with that one, Aner. I was at Yankee Stadium for one of the '62 WS games with the SF Giants.


Ocala Mike
Aner
08-18-2010, 11:15 AM
That day which will live in infamy occurred on Oct. 13, 1960.

Why infamy? The longshot has to win sometime. And yes. Last night I woke up and thought damn I got the wrong year. Of course it was 1960.
JBmadera
08-18-2010, 11:27 AM
so sorry to hear of his passing.

one of the greatest sports calls of all time (lifelong giant fan here, ex many, many years season tix holder).

jb
skate
08-18-2010, 12:54 PM
Did Bobby know what pitch was coming?


He had a funny answer, for this question.
kenwoodall2
08-18-2010, 07:58 PM
Did Bobby know what pitch was coming?


He had a funny answer, for this question.
No one knew where the pitched ball was going!!
Pace Cap'n
08-18-2010, 08:05 PM
No one knew where the pitched ball was going!!

But everyone knows where it went.
Robert Goren
08-18-2010, 08:09 PM
Why infamy? The longshot has to win sometime. And yes. Last night I woke up and thought damn I got the wrong year. Of course it was 1960.I was and still am a Yankee fan. Trivia Question. What member of that Pirates' team would later manage the Bronx Bombers?
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08-18-2010, 08:51 PM
Trivia Question. What member of that Pirates' team would later manage the Bronx Bombers?
Bill Virdon
Johnny V
08-19-2010, 08:02 AM
Did Bobby know what pitch was coming?


He had a funny answer, for this question.
When asked if he knew what pitch was coming beforehand, Bobby Thomson's answer was,"I'd have to say no more then yes".
Durocher was well known for stealing signs by using telescopes and a bell an buzzer system and then relaying the pitch it to the batter with a signal of some kind. This use of mechanical devices to steal signs was not made illegal in baseball until 1961. Stealing signs was and is part of the game.
skate
08-19-2010, 01:11 PM
Answer;


Bobby says , when asked the question "did you know what pitch to look for",
"sure" it was going to be High and Inside because that was the only pitch that he could not hit, ...Bingo.

good call Bob.
skate
08-19-2010, 02:59 PM
No one knew where the pitched ball was going!!

One guy had a good guess and he was correcto.