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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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 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 championship
subsequentEvent New York Giants advance to 1951 World Series
teamLosingPennant Brooklyn Dodgers
teamWinningPennant New York Giants
typeOfHit three-run home run
visitingTeam Brooklyn Dodgers
walkOff true
winningMargin one run
year 1951

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff ("Shot Heard ’Round the World")
decidingHomeRunNickname
Polo Grounds
notableEvent
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff ("Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World”")
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