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