1951 National League tie-breaker playoff

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Major League Baseball tie-breaker series baseball playoff series

The 1951 National League tie-breaker playoff was a best-of-three series between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, famously decided by Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World” home run.

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1951 Giants–Dodgers baseball game	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball tie-breaker series ⓘ baseball playoff series ⓘ
cityOfEbbetsField	Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityOfPoloGrounds	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decidingGame	Game 3 ⓘ
decidingHomeRunFinalScoreGame3	5–4 New York Giants ⓘ
decidingHomeRunGameSituation	Giants trailing 4–2 ⓘ
decidingHomeRunHitter	Bobby Thomson ⓘ
decidingHomeRunInning	bottom of the ninth inning ⓘ
decidingHomeRunNickname	Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ surface form: Shot Heard ’Round the World
decidingPlay	Bobby Thomson’s home run ⓘ
DodgersHomeBallpark	Ebbets Field ⓘ
DodgersManager	Chuck Dressen ⓘ
DodgersRegularSeasonRecord	97–60 ⓘ
famousAs	series decided by the “Shot Heard ’Round the World” ⓘ
format	best-of-three series ⓘ
game1Score	3–1 Brooklyn Dodgers ⓘ
game1Winner	Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
game2Score	10–0 New York Giants ⓘ
game2Winner	New York Giants ⓘ
game3Score	New York Giants 6–4 Boston Red Sox ⓘ surface form: 5–4 New York Giants
game3Winner	New York Giants ⓘ
GiantsAndDodgersRecordAfter162Games	tied for first place ⓘ
GiantsHomeBallpark	Polo Grounds ⓘ
GiantsManager	Leo Durocher ⓘ
GiantsRegularSeasonRecord	98–59 ⓘ
league	National League ⓘ
locationOfGame1	Ebbets Field ⓘ
locationOfGame2	Polo Grounds ⓘ
locationOfGame3	Polo Grounds ⓘ
loser	Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
notableFor	one of the most famous moments in baseball history ⓘ
notableMoment	Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ surface form: Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World”
numberOfGames	3 ⓘ
opponentInWorldSeries	New York Yankees ⓘ
pennantWinner	New York Giants ⓘ
purpose	to determine the 1951 National League pennant winner ⓘ
qualifiedFor	1951 World Series ⓘ
radioCallBy	Russ Hodges ⓘ
season	1951 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
seriesResult	New York Giants won 2–1 ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
team1	New York Giants ⓘ
team2	Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
tieBreakerReason	Giants and Dodgers finished regular season tied for first place ⓘ
umpireCrewChief	Al Barlick ⓘ
winner	New York Giants ⓘ

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Polo Grounds → notableEvent → 1951 National League tie-breaker playoff ⓘ

Underworld → openingSceneFeature → 1951 National League tie-breaker playoff ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1951 Giants–Dodgers baseball game