On Oct. 3, 1951, the voice of the New York Giants, Russ Hodges, was behind the microphone for WMCA radio at the Polo Grounds as the Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers battled in Game 3 of the National League ...

Bobby Thomson hits the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World" in the deciding Game 3 of the National League playoff series between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. With two out in the bottom of the ...

If you think the Houston Astros pulled off a feat with their sign-stealing en route to the 2017 World Series title, they’ve got nothing on the 1951 New York Giants. A highly similar scheme by the ...

Oct. 3, 1951 – that was 70 years ago, and the story of Bobby Thomson’s "Shot Heard ’Round the World" still resonates as one of baseball’s crowning moments. Way before "The Natural" and the Roy Hobbs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s 1951. The National League pennant is on the line. Americans serving in the Korean War are waiting on bated breath, huddled next to radios as the New York Giants face off ...

Quotes on the death of Bobby Thomson, who hit the ''Shot Heard 'Round the World'' off Brooklyn's Ralph Branca to decide Game 3 of the 1951 National League pennant playoff between the New York Giants ...

NEW YORK -- Bobby Thomson, who hit the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that won the 1951 National League pennant for the New York Giants, has died. He was 86. Thomson's death was confirmed Tuesday ...

NEW YORK — We've heard the frenzied call forever, echoing through baseball lore. "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" Bobby Thomson, the man immortalized with his "Shot Heard ...

A die-hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan cut school with his buddies to attend what turned out to be one of the most crushing defeats in all sports. Isn’t it time to let it go? By George A. Hirsch Like Russ ...

Bobby Thomson, the New York Giants third baseman who clinched his team a spot in the 1951 World Series because of famous "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," died at home in Savannah Monday night.