Whitey Lockman
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Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
Lockman at the Polo Grounds in 1953
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
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…pinch runner Clint Hartung, Dodger manager Chuck Dressen, acting on the instructions of Dodger bullpen coach Clyde Sukeforth, called on relief pitcher Ralph Branca, whose second pitch was hit by Thomson over the head of Andy Pafko into the Polo Grounds' lower left field stands for a game-winning, three-run homer…
Branca in 1953
Branca (right) with Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Bruce Edwards (left), circa 1947.
Branca at Westchester Country Club in 2004