On Oct. 3, 1951, despite trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson’s three-run, walk-off home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League pennant in a ...

It was a prominent passenger during one of baseball's most famous victory laps, but it disappeared in the celebration that followed. It was later displayed on a nail in a Las Vegas apartment, offered ...

Ralph Branca's baseball life will always be defined by one pitch. Branca, who gave up a home run to the Giants' Bobby Thomson, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that cost the Brooklyn Dodgers the 1951 ...

Bobby Thomson, the New York Giants third baseman who clinched his team a spot in the 1951 World Series because of famous "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," died at home in Savannah Monday night.

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For every hero behind an iconic October baseball moment, there is a tragic figure on the opposite end. Carlsbad-based author Bob Mitchell examines this phenomenon through the lens of the “Shot Heard ...

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