Shot Heard Round The World. Oct 3 - This Day In Baseball

October 3, 1951 - Bobby Thomson hits a three-run home run off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Giants a dramatic 5 -- 4 playoff victory and the National League pennant. Seeing the ball disappear over the fence, Thomson hopped crazily around the bases, then disappeared into the mob of teammates who had gathered at home plate. The stunned Dodger players trudged off the field - all except Jackie Robinson. No doubt knowing of "Merkle's Boner" 43 years earlier, he watched to be sure Thomson touched every base before he, too, headed for the clubhouse. The blast would become known in baseball lore as the Shot Heard 'Round the World.

October 3, 1976 - Hank Aaron singles in his last major-league at bat and drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place Brewers lose to the Tigers 5 - 2.
October 3, 1999 - On the final day of the season, Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his 65th home run, moving past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 10th place on the career list with 522. McGwire finishes with a two-homer edge over Chicago's Sammy Sosa, who hits his 63rd on the same day.

October 3, 2009 - St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols ties a major league record with his 184th assist of the season. He matches the mark set by Bill Buckner with the Red Sox in 1985. He will finish the year with 185.

October 3, 1974 - Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in the major leagues, as the Cleveland Indians name him to replace Ken Aspromonte.

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• October 3 1951
• Bobby Thomson
• Ralph Branca
• Brooklyn Dodgers
• New York Giants
• National League
• Jackie Robinson
• Merkle's Boner
• Shot Heard 'Round the World
• October 3 1976
• Hank Aaron
• Milwuakee Brewers
• Detroit Tigers
• October 3 1999
• Mark McGwire
• St. Louis Cardinals
• Ted Williams
• Willie McCovey
• Chicago Cubs
• Sammy Sosa
• October 3 2009
• Albert Pujols
• Bill Buckner
• Boston Red Sox
• October 3 1974
• Frank Robinson
• Cleveland Indians
• Ken Aspromonte

[DisappearingBoy88]

The only reason Thomson hit that home run is because he had the catcher's sign for the pitch. The whole Giants team cheated by stealing signs during the last few months of the 1951 season, and that's why they won the pennant.