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In 1951 New Yorkers knew they were at the centre of the world. So it hardly seemed hyperbolic that the dramatic home run hit by Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants baseball team to win the National League pennant from their crosstown rivals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, cheap soccer jerseys would be dubbed "the shot heard round the world". The phrase came from Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem Concord Hymn, celebrating "the embattled farmers" of Massachusetts, whose firing on British soldiers had sparked the American revolution. Baseball's shot came off the bat of a player born in Glasgow.
Thomson, who has died aged 86, nfl jerseys cheap was two when he moved from Scotland to Staten Island, New York, where his father, a cabinet-maker, had emigrated. Baseball became his passion, and he signed with the Giants straight from high school in 1942. Wartime service in the air force interrupted his career, but he joined the Giants in 1947.
The 1951 season became known as the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff, the site of the Giants' stadium, known as the Polo Grounds. Down by 13 games in mid-August, they won 37 of their last 44 matches to tie with Brooklyn and force a three-game playoff. Thomson was the key; his manager, Leo Durocher, soccer jerseys cheap a former Dodger, switched him to third base, adding more power to the outfield.
The Giants won the first game, at the Dodgers' ground, Ebbetts Field. The Dodgers won the second at the Polo Grounds, and led 4-1 in the final inning of game three. Then, with the score 4-2 and two Giants on base, the Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen called on Ralph Branca to pitch to Thomson. cheap nfl jerseys china Thomson drove Branca's second pitch into the left-field seats; the three-run homer won them the game.
The radio announcer Russ Hodges's frantic repetitions of "the Giants win the pennant!" became almost as renowned as the hit itself. Red Smith, of the New York Herald Tribune, wrote: "Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. cheap china jersey Reality has strangl- ed invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again."
Broadcast nationwide and to the Armed Forces network, as far away as Korea, Thomson's shot was indeed heard around the world. That night, he was offered $500 to appear on Perry Como's television show, but wanted to get home to see his family in Staten Island. The offer was then promptly raised to $1,000. "For a thousand bucks, the family can wait," he said.
In the World Series the Giants faced the Yankees, whose stadium loomed across the Harlem river from the Polo Grounds. They lost, 4-2. Thomson continued as a hitter, but after his best season, 1953, baseball jerseys cheap he was traded to Milwaukee, and promptly broke an ankle, depriving him of speed and power. Traded back in 1957, for the Giants' last season before they left New York for San Francisco, he then played briefly for three more teams before ending his career in 1963 in Tokyo.
Thomson was later a salesman for a paper-products company. In later years, he and Branca appeared as a travelling double act, donating much of their earnings to charity and becoming close friends. football jerseys cheap The ball he hit disappeared; its fate forms the core of Don DeLillo's novel Underworld (1997); the game itself can be heard on the car radio as Sonny Corleone is gunned down in the 1972 film The Godfather. In 2001, it was revealed that the Giants had stationed a coach in centre field with binoculars, to watch for the signs opposing catchers used to call for specific pitches. Thomson always denied being aided in this way against Branca. He said: "I can remember feeling as if time was just frozen. It was a delirious, delicious moment."
Baseball fans mourned the death of Scottish-born Bobby Thomson last week – the player legendary for hitting the "shot heard round the world". Thomson, who died, aged 86, on Monday, hit the home run for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the final match of 1951's play-off to secure a meeting with the New York Yankees in the World Series. cheap custom jerseys It was described in the New York Times as "perhaps the most dramatic moment in baseball history", and by the New York Daily News as "the granddaddy of them all". He was remembered by Giants team-mate Monte Irvin as "a great ball player, a great fella, beloved by all Giants' fans".
Thomson was born in Glasgow in 1923 and was two years old when his father emigrated to New York. He grew up on Staten Island, signed with the Giants in 1942 as a right-handed batter with good power and excellent speed and was in his fifth full season for the team in 1951.
The significance of his strike lay in a multitude of factors. It was between two fierce rivals, nfl cheap jerseys creating huge interest – broadcast coast-to-coast on TV and on the radio to US servicemen across the world. It was captured with unforgettable excitement in a play-by-play call by radio announcer Russ Hodges. And it was the thrilling culmination of an extraordinary season for the Giants – the moment when they finally grasped victory from the jaws of defeat having performed a remarkable comeback – known as the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" after the location of Giants' stadium, the Polo Grounds.
In mid-season the Giants trailed the Dodgers by 13½ games, the Dodgers' manager, Chuck Dressen, famously proclaiming: "The Giants is dead." Too soon. They responded with a 16-game winning streak and tied for the National League lead on the final weekend: meaning a three-game play-off for the pennant and to reach the World Series.
Thomson, who has died aged 86, nfl jerseys cheap was two when he moved from Scotland to Staten Island, New York, where his father, a cabinet-maker, had emigrated. Baseball became his passion, and he signed with the Giants straight from high school in 1942. Wartime service in the air force interrupted his career, but he joined the Giants in 1947.
The 1951 season became known as the Miracle of Coogan's Bluff, the site of the Giants' stadium, known as the Polo Grounds. Down by 13 games in mid-August, they won 37 of their last 44 matches to tie with Brooklyn and force a three-game playoff. Thomson was the key; his manager, Leo Durocher, soccer jerseys cheap a former Dodger, switched him to third base, adding more power to the outfield.
The Giants won the first game, at the Dodgers' ground, Ebbetts Field. The Dodgers won the second at the Polo Grounds, and led 4-1 in the final inning of game three. Then, with the score 4-2 and two Giants on base, the Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen called on Ralph Branca to pitch to Thomson. cheap nfl jerseys china Thomson drove Branca's second pitch into the left-field seats; the three-run homer won them the game.
The radio announcer Russ Hodges's frantic repetitions of "the Giants win the pennant!" became almost as renowned as the hit itself. Red Smith, of the New York Herald Tribune, wrote: "Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. cheap china jersey Reality has strangl- ed invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again."
Broadcast nationwide and to the Armed Forces network, as far away as Korea, Thomson's shot was indeed heard around the world. That night, he was offered $500 to appear on Perry Como's television show, but wanted to get home to see his family in Staten Island. The offer was then promptly raised to $1,000. "For a thousand bucks, the family can wait," he said.
In the World Series the Giants faced the Yankees, whose stadium loomed across the Harlem river from the Polo Grounds. They lost, 4-2. Thomson continued as a hitter, but after his best season, 1953, baseball jerseys cheap he was traded to Milwaukee, and promptly broke an ankle, depriving him of speed and power. Traded back in 1957, for the Giants' last season before they left New York for San Francisco, he then played briefly for three more teams before ending his career in 1963 in Tokyo.
Thomson was later a salesman for a paper-products company. In later years, he and Branca appeared as a travelling double act, donating much of their earnings to charity and becoming close friends. football jerseys cheap The ball he hit disappeared; its fate forms the core of Don DeLillo's novel Underworld (1997); the game itself can be heard on the car radio as Sonny Corleone is gunned down in the 1972 film The Godfather. In 2001, it was revealed that the Giants had stationed a coach in centre field with binoculars, to watch for the signs opposing catchers used to call for specific pitches. Thomson always denied being aided in this way against Branca. He said: "I can remember feeling as if time was just frozen. It was a delirious, delicious moment."
Baseball fans mourned the death of Scottish-born Bobby Thomson last week – the player legendary for hitting the "shot heard round the world". Thomson, who died, aged 86, on Monday, hit the home run for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the final match of 1951's play-off to secure a meeting with the New York Yankees in the World Series. cheap custom jerseys It was described in the New York Times as "perhaps the most dramatic moment in baseball history", and by the New York Daily News as "the granddaddy of them all". He was remembered by Giants team-mate Monte Irvin as "a great ball player, a great fella, beloved by all Giants' fans".
Thomson was born in Glasgow in 1923 and was two years old when his father emigrated to New York. He grew up on Staten Island, signed with the Giants in 1942 as a right-handed batter with good power and excellent speed and was in his fifth full season for the team in 1951.
The significance of his strike lay in a multitude of factors. It was between two fierce rivals, nfl cheap jerseys creating huge interest – broadcast coast-to-coast on TV and on the radio to US servicemen across the world. It was captured with unforgettable excitement in a play-by-play call by radio announcer Russ Hodges. And it was the thrilling culmination of an extraordinary season for the Giants – the moment when they finally grasped victory from the jaws of defeat having performed a remarkable comeback – known as the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff" after the location of Giants' stadium, the Polo Grounds.
In mid-season the Giants trailed the Dodgers by 13½ games, the Dodgers' manager, Chuck Dressen, famously proclaiming: "The Giants is dead." Too soon. They responded with a 16-game winning streak and tied for the National League lead on the final weekend: meaning a three-game play-off for the pennant and to reach the World Series.
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