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08-17-2010, 02:31 PM
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It's a good thing Bobby came through cause the next hitter didn't stand a chance -- some kid named Mays.
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08-17-2010, 02:36 PM
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08-17-2010, 02:51 PM
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I find it odd that the Dodgers chose to go with Branca against a hot Thompson (Thompson already had 2 hits that day and had hit a homer off of Branca in their preivous meeting). Anyway, Mr. Thompson was a fine gentleman who's name will live on as a baseball legend. My condolences go out to his family.
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08-17-2010, 02:52 PM
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In the ensuing World Series you had Dimaggio in his final games and Mays and Mantle as rookies. Not only that, they came together on one fateful play: Mays hit the fly ball where Dimaggio called for it at the last minute and a charging Mantle had to get out of his way, catching his foot in a drain and ripping up his knee.
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08-17-2010, 02:52 PM
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I recommend "The Echoing Green" by Joshua Prager. It tells the untold story about the shot heard around the world, and how the Giants were stealing their opponents signals and signaling them to the batter. Bobby actually admitted this to Branca and apologized just a few years ago. I admire Bobby for many reasons. May he rest in peace.
 http://www.amazon.com/Echoing-Green-...p/0375421548#_
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08-17-2010, 03:01 PM
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I doubt if any baseball player had to endure the numbing pain and tragedy that Ralph Branca had to endure. In that era, baseball was king and no sport came close. I haven't read the book but I wonder how Branca felt all these years later when it was revealed that Thomson knew what was coming thanks to the signs having been stolen all day long.
Father Pat Rowley, was a priest. When Branca asked: "Why me?" Father Pat told him, "Because God knew your faith would be strong enough to bear this cross."
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08-17-2010, 03:21 PM
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If the signs were stolen all day why did they scratch out one run through 8 innings?
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08-17-2010, 03:27 PM
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RIP Bobby. We all could take a lesson on classiness from his example.
Funny, I just happened upon the tape of the 1993 interview I conducted with him.
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08-17-2010, 03:38 PM
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Anyone ever read Don DeLillo's "Underworld"? The prologue, "Pafko at the Wall," is a fictionalized account of a bunch of people (Sinatra, Hoover, Gleason, Toots Shor, Russ Hodges, along with a black kid from Harlem who somehow snags the ball) at the scene of Thomson's shot. Brilliant piece of writing.
Also, here's a delightful clip from Ernie Harwell about "The shot." What a charming man he was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZuVXYa43E
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08-17-2010, 02:57 PM
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Bobby Thomson
What's strange about Charlie Dressen's choice to bring in Branca is that in the 1st play-off game (of the 3), Bobby Thomson
hit a HR off Branca. Obviously, Branca was devastated.....but, he and Thomson became great friends and were paired together at many signing sessions throughout the years. TED Z
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