
New York baseball Giants legend, Bobby Thomson, passed away this past Monday at the age of 86. You can read a nice obituary here . Thomson is much celebrated for having hit the most famous home run in baseball history, "the shot heard 'round the world" hit on October 3, 1951. It capped off a remarkable pennant race that featured a three game playoff to break a season ending tie between the Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers. For someone born well after this event, this was always an abstract moment for me; that is until 1999. At that time, [...]