@bigkid posted:What? No October, 1951 and the "Shot heard round the world", Bobby Thompson's home run off of Ralph Branca? I have ties to that game, sort of, my mom and dad lived in the Bronx (I think they were already engaged), and they rode the subway to Manhattan in the morning together. That day they dared each other to play hookie and go to the game. When it reached the stop near the Polo grounds , they got off, called in sick, and went to the game. Coming in from the Bronx where they lived (East Bronx, east of Botanical Gardens) they would have taken the D train to Yankee Stadium and then the shuttle there to the Polo Grounds.
I was born about one month after the Shot Heard Round the World happened. Rest assured, that momentous event will be resurrected in THE TWILIGHT ZONE on my Fields of Dreams layout.
Coincidentally, I also have contacts to that game because some of my relatives had strong connections to Ralph Branca who was the pitcher who gave up that home run. Will explain later.
Stay tuned.
LOL, Arnold
