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New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham and manager Leo Durocher embrace player Bobby Thomson after his ninth inning homer (
New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham and manager Leo Durocher embrace player Bobby Thomson after his ninth inning homer ("the shot heard 'round the world") gave the Giants a surprise victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, sending the Giants to the 1951 World Series.
(Associated Press)

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