TFH 10/3: The Shot Heard 'Round the World

Sixty years ago today, Bobby Thomson hit one of the most famous walk-off home runs in baseball history.

Russ Hodges' home run call ranks up there with Al Michael's "Do you believe in miracles? YES!" The Giants beat the hated cross-town Brooklyn Dodgers and won the right to face the other cross-town team (actually, just across the Harlem River), the Yankees, in the 1951 World Series.

The Yankees would go on to defeat the Giants in six games, the third of their five straight Series wins from 1949-1953.

(And my apologies for the late post!)