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In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.
— Bobby Thomson
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Bobby Thomson
baseball player
🔗 Read on Wikipedia1923 – 2010
Robert Brown Thomson was an American professional baseball player, nicknamed "the Staten Island Scot". He was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves (1954–57), Chicago Cubs (1958–59), Boston Red Sox (1960), and Baltimore Orioles (1960). His pennant-winning three-run home run for the Giants in 1951 is popularly known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", and is one of the most famous moments in baseball history. It overshadowed his other accomplishments, including eight 20-home-run seasons and three All-Star selections. "It was the best thing that ever happened to me", he said. "It may have been the best thing that ever happened to anybody."