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Tag: New York Giants

Baseball History: Thomson’s ‘Shot Heard ’Round the World’

By Tony Pettinato on October 3, 2014

It is a cliché to say that a ballclub is a “team of destiny,” but if anyone deserves that title it would be manager Leo Durocher’s 1951 New York Giants baseball team. That’s the club that won the National League pennant in the last inning of the last playoff game on Bobby Thomson’s three-run... (Read More)

Bobby Thomson, baseball great 1923-2010

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 17, 2010

Baseball hero – Bobby Thomson has died. Read about his life and career in the 4,600 newspapers in GenealogyBank. Search GenealogyBank and see what you’ll find about your ancestors too... (Read More)


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