Ralph Branca
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Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca, nicknamed "Hawk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1944 through 1956. Branca played for the Brooklyn Dod
Branca in 1953
Branca (right) with Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Bruce Edwards (left), circa 1947.
Branca at Westchester Country Club in 2004
Bobby Thomson
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Robert Brown Thomson was an American professional baseball player, nicknamed "the Staten Island Scot". He was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago C
Ralph Branca
…Detroit Tigers (1953–1954), and New York Yankees (1954). He was a three-time All-Star. In a 1951 playoff, Branca surrendered a walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants; the game-winning hit was known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World". Ralph Branca was born in Mount Vernon, New York, as the…
Thomson with the New York Giants in 1950
Thomson hits the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Thomson training his hands in the off-season, 1949