Ernie Harwell and Red Barber on the 'shot heard round the wo

[DisappearingBoy88]

Bobby Thomson and his teammates cheated that season. The Giants had some guy behind the bleachers relaying the opposing catchers' signals to their batters, and that's how they came back to beat the Dodgers. Thomson's batting average went from .250 to .350 after he started getting the signs.

[centralparocker]

I grew up in Toledo, Ohio listening to the Tigers and Ernie Harwell and George Kell....those were the days....!!!!

[rayjr62]

Years ago I heard an interview with Lon Simmons. Lon said that Red Barber was pissed off at Russ Hodges for "over doing it" on Bobby Thomson's home run call. . . . according to Lon, Red Barber thought Russ's outburst was the most unprofessional thing he had ever heard.

[KevinBender55]

@rayjr62 sounds like Red

[TexasMan77]

@KevinBender55 Red was just upset that HE wasn't the one who'd said those famous words.

[flylooper]

@rayjr62 Red was a little too full of himself.

[JMAZZ80]

R.I.P. Bobby "Staten Island Scot" Thomson.

[hswatnik]

rip Bobby Thomson the greatest-

[NYVoice]

Ernie rocked! And I'm from New York!

[craigp2008a]

There was nothing like listening to a game as a kid with Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey, what a broadcast team. I've missed them alot! RIP Ernie.

[acetjimmy]

Great story. Thanks.  Golly, I wish baseball would return to his rightful place. Whatever happened to "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie . . ."?

[hoover321f]

thanks ernie, i was one of those kids who hid the transistor radio under his pillow back in the 1970's. you were the voice of my youth and things won't quit be the same. thanks.

[iamborghini1]

ernie still owes me 10 bucks...

[amyandgiustiniani]

The memories you gave us Ernie shall not be forgotten. Tears will flow for the next several days. But we will learn to smile again. Thank you for being a great person and a wonderful human being.

[cuseter]

Oh, the good old days...

[armenianply]

you are the man ernie. you were and still are one helluva guy. you always made people feel welcome. you are the man.

[randyflores23g]

Rip Ernie harwell

[SalfromNY]

RIP Ernie

[Midnightguy1171]

R.I.P Ernie! We'll all miss you!

[sonwamac]

Giants/Dodgers...in truth and in fact the best rivalry in baseball history...Yankees/Red Sox is modern day marketing...not really a great rivalry becauae the Yankees almost always win...with Giants/Dodgers you never knew was going to win...and it has the most memorable moments...this homerun, 1962 playoff, Marichal hitting Roseboro upside the head with the bat, 1982 when they knocked each other out of the race on the last 2 days of the season, 1993 LA knocks SF (with 103 wins) out on last day

[obiwanobiwan13]

EH, I wouldn't knock Yankees-Sox... they go back to DiMaggio and Williams, then Mickey and Yaz, so that's in line with the Brooklyn Bums vs. The New York BASEBALL Giants...

I think both are great.

And, as a Mets fan, a rivalry that's REALLY been overlooked but now's getting the attention it deserves-

Mets and Phillies.

Cubs-Cards another great one...

Mets/Braves... THAT'S a GREAT historical rivalry, the Mets knocked them out in '69, the Braves had the '90s, the 9/11 Home Run...!

[sonwamac]

the other rivalries are ok but back in the day Giants/Dodgers was the epitome of rivalries in my opinion. Until 2004 Yanks/ Sox in my opinion wasn't really a rivalry but a grudge match on the Sox part cuz the Yanks ALWAYS won. In contrast with Giants/Dodgers you never knew who was gonna win. Then for many years after the two of them relocated the rivalry intensified cuz SF and LA have their own rivalry as cities quite apart from Giants/Dodgers. Its just In THIS decade that Yanks/Sox is bigger

[WSenator1]

Everybody's going crazy!

[wwk68tig]

thank you ernie. for everything.

[davemock]

It still amazes me that no one associated with the TV entities in New York would have kinescoped this chestnut from this great rivalry - NBC network, WNBT, or Giants flagship WPIX (it was on all three).

[sccrdd483]

I had no idea! That's awesome! Thanks for uploading this...

[nikesb2406]

awsome vid