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Larry Jansen, the Giants' winning
pitcher that day
To the left of his signature Jansen
wrote, "Winning pitcher, Oct. 3, 1951. N.Y. Giants
5, Brooklyn Dodgers, 4. Shot heard around the world."
To the left of Jansen's inscription is Don Newcombe's
signature. Under the Rawlings logo, he wrote, "Bkyn
starter that day."
Ralph Branca replaced Newcombe
in the 9th and gave up Thomson's home run. He wrote, "He
hit the ball over the wall!"
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The
Shot Ball
On October 3, 1951, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the
N.Y. Giants faced off in their final playoff game
to determine the National League Pennant winner.
Both teams had won one game. In the last of the
9th, with the Giants down 4-1, they rallied back,
capped off by Bobby Thomson's stunning three
run home run off Dodger reliever Ralph Branca. Known
as the “shot heard 'round the world”
game, many of its key participants have signed this
ball. 
Over Branca's inscription,
is the signature of Clyde Sukeforth, the Brooklyn
coach who recommended to Chuck Dressen, Brooklyn's
manager, that Branca be sent in. |
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