The greatest moment in Giants history? The shot heard round the world, in 1951 there was a 3 game playoff between the NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, game 3 at the Polo Grounds, bottom of the 9th, Dodgers up 4-2, then Bobby Thomson hits a 3 run Homer

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The greatest moment in Giants history? The shot heard round the world,…

The greatest moment in Giants history? The shot heard round the world, in 1951 there was a 3 game playoff between the NY Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, game 3 at the Polo Grounds, bottom of the 9th, Dodgers up 4-2, then Bobby Thomson hits a 3 run Homer to send the Giants to the World series

1951 was also regarded as one of the most exciting seasons in baseball history, this game in special was broadcasted on the radio around all of the country, also had a great national TV coverage for the time which was unprecedented

The Giants and the Dodgers 3 game playoff was the talk of the nation, and Thomson was the most recognizable american alive that week

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