In early fall 1951 the NY Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, cross-borough
National League rivals, were engaged in a heated pennant race. The
deciding game of their 3 game playoff to determine which team would go
to the World Series was played on Oct 3. In the bottom of the ninth
inning, Bobby Thomson came to the plate with one out and two runners on
base. Read the exciting account of what happened leading up to and
immediately after that at bat as seen through the eyes of a single
father and his young son living in Queens in the following articles.
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