| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 223 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Ladies' Day -- League of Nations -- Teenage tryouts -- Teenage rookie -- The Lip -- El Cheapo -- The year that changed the world -- The buildup -- "Polka dots and moonbeams" -- In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-hundred Fifty-one -- In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-hundred Fifty-one, the month of September -- In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-hundred Fifty-one, the month of October -- The white handkerchief -- The Coca-Cola catastrophe -- One Wollensak telescope -- How sweet it is -- The stigma -- Hellos and good-byes -- Improbably friendship -- January 31, 2001 -- A moment in time. |
| Summary |
During his 12-year major league career, Ralph Branca pitched more than 1,500 innings and won 88 games, but baseball fans know him for just one thing: the single, irretrievable pitch he threw in 1951 that Bobby Thomson hit into baseball history. The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" didn't just win the pennant for the underdog New York Giants; in an instant, it transformed the Brooklyn Dodger hurler into an immortal tragic figure. Until now, Branca has quite understandably avoided media attention, but now, as the 60th anniversary of that moment in time, he finally tells the full story of his life, including that one pitch the entire world can't stop reliving. |
| Subject |
Branca, Ralph, 1926-2016
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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Pitchers (Baseball) -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Ritz, David.
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| ISBN |
9781451636871: $25.00 |
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1451636873 |
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