Bobby Thompson the man who hit the famous shot heard round the world in 1951 vs the Dodgers has died. ->?

the man who hit his way in baseball immortality has exited the stage - but left us with one of the greatest moments in baseball, and sports history.

"The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!, The Giants win the pennant!"

RIP Bobby Thomson - you will be missed!

That highlighted a great end to one of the best pennant races there ever was. On August 11, they were 13 games back, went on a 16-game winning streak and tied the Brooklyn Dodgers for first on the last day of the season (9/30/51).

That must have been great to be a New York Giants fan that year.

The third and deciding game of the National League playoff series between two long time New York City rivals...and the Polo Grounds was not even close to sold out. Yes, it was a famous home run. Yes, people from Brooklyn still feel the pain, but there have been many other shots heard around the world since, and they happened in front of sellout crowds on color tv. Mazeroski's walk off in game 7 of the 1960 series. Carter's walk off in game 6 of the 1993 series, Carlton Fisk's home run in game 6 of the 1975 series. Even, Heaven forgive me, Aaron F. Boone's home run in the 12th inning of game 7 of the 2003 ALCS.

Hearing "The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!"

Rest in peace Bobby, the shot heard around the world will never be forgotten. What a great moment in history for us.

And here it is, for those who want to see it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs

Yes I saw that on the news tonight! The fans went wild then it was awesome! I am sad for his family and friends! God bless him, he will be remembered for a long time. I am with you RIP Bobby

Thanks for the update, I didn't get to the news tonight.

One if not the most famous home run in history.

Just a quick bit of history, the on deck hitter was Willie Mays.

I never realized he was still around nearly 60 years later.

very sad...he must have been older than Mickey Mantle and mickey died 15 years ago.

"The Staten Island Scot," will be missed.