Does anyone else here feel sorry for Ralph Branca? I mean, he plays several years on some really good Dodger teams but never wins the series. He's stuck with the goat label for giving up the "shot heard round the world", he's traded to a bad Detroit team for half of 53 and 54 but then makes his way to the Yankees for the end of 54 only to have the Yankees not make the series, and then comes back to Brooklyn in 56 when the Yankees win again (he didn't play much in 56 but at least he was on the roster). I'd say he had some real hard luck.
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