This Oct. 3, 1951, file photo shows members of the
New York Giants baseball team greeting teammate Bobby Thomson,
center rear with hand raised, at the Polo Grounds in New York after Thomson's ninth-inning home run
against the Brooklyn Dodgers, giving his team a 5-4 victory and a
trip to the World Series. The famed
home run hitter died Monday night. He
was 86.
AP file photo |