Spring Auction 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2014
Bobby Thomson & Ralph Branca signed 8 x 10 photograph
Bobby Thomson (October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010)was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "The Staten Island Scot",he was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants (1946–53, 1957), 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, known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", 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 later said. "It may have been the best thing that ever happened to anybody."
Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca (born January 6, 1926) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1944 through 1956, Branca played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1944–53, 1956), Detroit Tigers (1953–54), and New York Yankees (1954). He batted and threw right-handed.
Bobby Thomson & Ralph Branca
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