The Giants Win the Pennant! The Giants Win The Pennant!

by Bobby Thompson

Paper Book, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

796.357

Tags

Teams- NY Giants- 1951

Genres

Collection

Sports- Baseball

Publication

Citadel (2001), Paperback, 304 pages

Description

At 3:58 p.m., EDT, on a dusky autumn afternoon at the Polo Grounds in New York City, Bobby Thomson swung at a fastball delivered by Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca and hit a home run that not only clinched the National League pennant for the Giants but instantly became immortalized as The Shot Heard 'Round the World. Photographs.

Subjects

Baseball players United States Biography
New York Giants (Baseball team) History
Thomson, Bobby, 1923-

Language

English

Physical description

304 p.; 9.03 inches

ISBN

080652300X / 9780806523002

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