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Shot heard round the world..........
I'm sure many of you heard about Bobby Thompson's, "Shot heard round the world". He died today.....  But do any of you know who the pitcher was the threw that ball?
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08-17-2010, 18:00
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...........But do any of you know who the pitcher was the threw that ball?
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Without "googling" it, I know it's in an episode of M*A*S*H.
Charles (David Ogden Stiers) mentions it.
Gonna have to pull out that episode and watch it. 
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08-17-2010, 18:13
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Good........  Anyone can qoogle it,try to get it the hard way,dig for it........ 
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
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SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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08-17-2010, 18:18
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It's lost in my brain, with tons of other stuff I won't ever remember again.
Meanwhile, the theme to "F Troop" comes to memory instantly:
"The end of the Civil War was near, when quite accidentally...."
What's up with that???????
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08-17-2010, 19:15
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Good........ Anyone can qoogle it,try to get it the hard way,dig for it........
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I was only 17 months old! I can't dig that deep.
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08-17-2010, 19:19
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Hint: It was another New York team
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08-17-2010, 19:19
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Ralph Branca.
May the Staten Island Scot rest in peace.
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08-17-2010, 19:41
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sdiver
Without "googling" it, I know it's in an episode of M*A*S*H.
Charles (David Ogden Stiers) mentions it.
Gonna have to pull out that episode and watch it. |
Found it....But I see someone beat me to it. 
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Ralph Branca.
May the Staten Island Scot rest in peace.
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From the M*A*S*H episode 204, of season 9, A War For All Seasons, as most of the camp is inside the mess hall or post-op, listening to the game being broadcast over the P.A. system, Charles is outside pacing back and forth, cheering on the Dodgers, the announcer states....."That's all for Don Newcombe, in to replace him is Ralph Branca." To which Winchester states...."Yea Branca the game is in the bag !!!!" .....then takes off his ball cap, spits in it, then places it back on his head and begins pacing again.
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08-17-2010, 19:50
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Found it....But I see someone beat me to it.
From the M*A*S*H episode 204, of season 9, A War For All Seasons, as most of the camp is inside the mess hall or post-op, listening to the game being broadcast over the P.A. system, Charles is outside pacing back and forth, cheering on the Dodgers, the announcer states....."That's all for Don Newcombe, in to replace him is Ralph Branca." To which Winchester states...."Yea Branca the game is in the bag !!!!" .....then takes off his ball cap, spits in it, then places it back on his head and begins pacing again.
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FWIW, Thompson nailed a Branca pitch for a four bagger in game one of the playoff series; yet another Winchester ooops .
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08-19-2010, 13:05
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FWIW, Thompson nailed a Branca pitch for a four bagger in game one of the playoff series; yet another Winchester ooops .
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RF 1,
I was listening to the game on the radio,never thought almost 60 years later I'd be asking it as a trivia question on this forum...............
Big Teddy
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
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08-19-2010, 14:44
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RF 1,
I was listening to the game on the radio,never thought almost 60 years later I'd be asking it as a trivia question on this forum...............
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I didn't hear the game; but growing up in New York, it was part of the collective knowing. Thompson and Branca actually had a bit of a comedy routine together after retiring. I recall seeing them in the Poconos once.
Great trivia Big Teddy!!
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