RIP Bobby Thomson

Thomson's is still more famous. Maz's, while momentous, did nothing but break a tie. If he doesn't hit that homer and the Pirates don't score that inning, the game goes on.

If Thomson makes an out, the Dodgers win the pennant and we're not even talking about Thomson 59 years later and no one even remembers the 1951 season in which the Giants came back from some 13 1/2 games back.

 

That is a good point. The Fisk homerum (while dramatic) gets added weight because of the video of him jumping down the first base line.

 

That one was, for sure, but that's an old story.

 

Went remainder, quickly. Joyously picked up a number of $1 (not a misprint) CD audios,
for gifts.

 

Went remainder? That's disappointing. It's an outstanding book, one of the best sports books I've ever read.

 

And QUICKLY.

Liked it a lot. Figure a lot of people who saw the stuff in the WSJ didn't feel the need to double-down.

 

And win a World Series. Nothing small about that.

Love the call on Thomson's home run, love the significance of the moment, but this was bottom of the ninth, Game 7 of the World Series. Who doesn't dream of hitting a game-winning home run in that situation?

 

If that wall is only 10 feet high, then judging by that photo Any Pafko is only 2-foot-7. The wall is easily 15-20 feet high. Thomson's HR would be a home run in almost every MLB park, except Boston.

I've seen that video hundreds of times and am still amazed by the amount of trash on the field during play. And it's quaint that Durocher picks up Thomson's glove while he's celebrating, since it was the era when players left their gloves on the field between innings.

 

At a Baseball Assistance Team (BAT) Dinner one year, I got both Branca & Thomson to sign a baseball.

When I told my buddy about it, the first thing he asked was who I had sign it first.

Branca of course. I don't think I'd have the guts to ask Branca to sign a ball that already had Thomson's signature.

 

Sorry, micro, but nobody was leaving their gloves on the field in 1951. I don't know what Durocher picked up but I'm pretty sure it was not Thomson's glove.

And I believe the left field wall was about 18 feet high.

 

Eddie Stanky jumped up on Durocher's back, so it might have been Durocher's own hat that he picked up.