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Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" ball was mentioned by all three.
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Perhaps Mr DeLillo should lower his literary sights and concentrate, like Bobby Thomson, on the fine art of entertainment.
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Larry was Dodgers blue, crushed by Bobby Thomson in 1951.
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Pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers in a National League playoff against the rival New York Giants, Branca, who had just come in to relieve starter Don Newcombe with two men on base and the Dodgers holding a 4-2 lead, served up a ninth-inning home run ball to Bobby Thomson.
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Our sports culture has a way of remembering champions and forgetting the rest, the only exceptions coming from those teams that have offered up dramatic moments in defeat (Ralph Branca serving up a home run ball to Bobby Thomson, Carlton Fisk pounding a homer off the foul pole to keep his team alive for one more day, and Bill Buckner booting a grounder).
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