Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"

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Major League Baseball moment baseball event home run sports milestone walk-off home run

Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the famous 1951 walk-off home run that capped a dramatic National League pennant playoff and became one of the most iconic moments in baseball history.

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Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" canonical 1
Bobby Thomson's home run 1
Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball moment ⓘ
baseball event ⓘ
home run ⓘ
sports milestone ⓘ
walk-off home run ⓘ
ballCount 1–0 count ⓘ
ballparkConfiguration Polo Grounds center-field horseshoe ⓘ
baseRunners Alvin Dark on third base ⓘ
Don Mueller on second base ⓘ
Whitey Lockman on first base (prior to injury and pinch-runner) ⓘ
batter Bobby Thomson ⓘ
battingTeam New York Giants ⓘ
broadcastNetwork WMCA (New York) radio ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
competition National League pennant playoff ⓘ
culturalImpact one of the most iconic moments in baseball history ⓘ
date 1951-10-03 ⓘ
decidedBy home run over left-field wall at Polo Grounds ⓘ
directionOfHit left field ⓘ
famousCallBy Russ Hodges ⓘ
famousCallPhrase "The Giants win the pennant!" ⓘ
fieldingTeam Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
gameSituation deciding game of a best-of-three playoff ⓘ
halfInning bottom of the ninth ⓘ
homeTeam New York Giants ⓘ
inning ninth inning ⓘ
laterRevelation Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy ⓘ
league National League ⓘ
location Polo Grounds ⓘ
medium radio broadcast ⓘ
nicknameOrigin allusion to "shot heard round the world" from American Revolutionary War ⓘ
pitcher Ralph Branca ⓘ
result New York Giants win National League pennant ⓘ
scoreAfterPlay New York Giants 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 ⓘ
scoreBeforePlay Brooklyn Dodgers 4, New York Giants 2 ⓘ
season 1951 Major League Baseball season ⓘ
seriesGameNumber Game 3 ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
stakes National League pennant ⓘ
surface form: National League championship
subsequentEvent New York Giants advance to 1951 World Series ⓘ
teamLosingPennant Brooklyn Superbas ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
teamWinningPennant New York Giants ⓘ
typeOfHit three-run home run ⓘ
visitingTeam Los Angeles Dodgers ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
walkOff true ⓘ
winningMargin one run ⓘ
year 1951 ⓘ

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Polo Grounds → notableEvent → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff → notableMoment → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World”
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff → decidingHomeRunNickname → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shot Heard ’Round the World
Shot Heard Round the World → alsoKnownAs → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ
subject surface form: Shot Heard Round the World (baseball)
this entity surface form: Bobby Thomson's home run
Russ Hodges → notableFor → Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ⓘ
this entity surface form: call of Bobby Thomson’s 1951 home run known as the “Shot Heard ’Round the World”