Bobby Thomson, R. I. P.

Bobby Thomson, 86, Dies - Hit ‘Shot Heard Round the World’ - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Bobby Thomson, who hit “the shot heard round the world” — an epic home run for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds on Oct. 3, 1951, to climax baseball’s most memorable pennant drive — died Monday at his home in Savannah, Ga. He was 86."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.