Topic: Bobby Thomson

Sports deaths in 2010: Wooden, Steinbrenner reshaped their games with distinctive voicesHe was The Boss, and George Steinbrenner came to revel in all it would suggest.He filled a room with loud talk and big money, making promises of players to come, games ...
If there's any doubt that baseball is in the midst of the most flush period in its history, Bobby Thomson's passing this week should remove it.. Thomson's famous ninth-inning, final-game homer off Ralph Branca to give the New York Giants the 1951 ...
If there's any doubt that baseball is in the midst of the most flush period in its history, Bobby Thomson's passing this week should remove it.. Thomson's famous ninth-inning, final-game homer off Ralph Branca to give the New York Giants the 1951 ...
Bobby Thomson, who hit famed 'Shot Heard 'Round the World,' dead at 86Famed home run hitter Bobby Thomson has died at age 86.Thomson's death was confirmed Tuesday by the funeral home in Savannah, Ga., that is handling the arrangements. He had been ...

Home Runs for the Archives

Though most of today's fans know of it only from the archives or older relatives, Bobby Thomson's game-and-pennant winner in 1951 has a special place in baseball lore. The teams split the first two games and, with 20-game winner Don Newcombe on ...
'Survivor' Host Jeff Probst Parodies Himself to Create Spot About October BaseballBobby Thomson, Kirk Gibson or Derek Jeter _ which one survives Jeff Probst's online tribal council? In a parody of his role as host of "Survivor," Probst has created a spot ...
Book, Exhibit Celebrate Baseball's Great Era of the Dodgers, the Giants and the YankeesJoe DiMaggio's 1948 Yankee jersey with a black sleeve strip commemorating the death that year of Babe Ruth. A telescope used by the Giants to steal catchers' signs from ...