BOBBY THOMSON TELLS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND AFTER HIS HOME RUN HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD

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Brad Palmer

10 жыл бұрын

Bobby Thomson provides insight into his 9th-inning home run that gave the NY Giants the 1951 NL Pennant.

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@chessmentor63 3 жыл бұрын

my brother and i used to listen to this on the record player

@garygiampa2557 6 жыл бұрын

Hi great home run

@paulazmudzinski9225 Жыл бұрын

When asked where he was when Thomson hit his home run, Herman Franks said, in 1996, that he was "doing something for Durocher" at the time. Yeah, relaying signs to Sal Yvars who was sitting in the Giant bullpen, who then passed them on to the Giant dugout. -mikenotpaula.

@WootTootZoot 4 жыл бұрын

He never admitted the Giants were stealing signs

@trajan75 4 жыл бұрын

He said he didn't get a stolen signal on the famous at bat. I believe him. Branca admits in hindsight that he threw the wrong pitch.

@kevinmiller1985 4 жыл бұрын

He (Thomson) didn't specify what names he called himself, but in another interview, he referred to himself as You Son Of A Bitch. It took until 2001 before someone from the 1951 Giants admitted to cheating by stealing stealing signs by using a high powered telescope set up in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds.

@siano3400 7 жыл бұрын

probably greatest home run ever. what was charley dressen thinking Thompson owned branca hit a homer off him inone of playoff games, plus how many during season.he had Erskine warming up plus many more. the worst decision a mgr could have made

@pianopappy 6 жыл бұрын

Carl Erskine, along with Thompson, Branca, Durocher, Don Newcombe and Duke Snyder appeared together on a recurring sports-reminiscing series of the 1970's called "The Way it Was" (hosted by Curt Gowdy). Carl recalled that, when the call to the bullpen came from the dugout asking the question, "Who's ready?", the bullpen coach replied, "Erskine just bounced a curve." Carl went on to say something like, "That turned out to be the best curve ball I ever threw!"

@billny33 3 жыл бұрын

@@pianopappy so then Erskine did not want the pressure of facing Thomson? He was a good pitcher, he could have turned things in the Dodgers favor instead of what happened. I'm surprised that's not included in his hindsight.

@65if2007 4 жыл бұрын

There was only one out at the time, not two.

@bradpalmer7944 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You are correct. I cut school to watch the game as an 11-year old. Ernie Harwell was doing the play-by-play. But there was no video tape in those days. Thus, Russ Hodges radio play-by-play was dubbed over the film of the game. I just read one account saying Hodges called the game on TV. Not true. I spoke with Ernie about that years later, and he was amused by the fact that his call went up in thin air. Thanks to audio tape, Hodges' call is the only one anyone remembers.

@wk1652 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradpalmer7944 The calls of Red Barber and Gordon McLendon were also preserved on audiotape and can be heard on youtube.