Travis Ishikawa sent the San Francisco Giants back to the World Series on Thursday night with 3-run walk-off blast in the 9th inning. While the home run was historic in its own right, MLB.com added a little extra history to the unbelievable NLCS Game 5 finish.
Bobby Thompson hit the Shot Heard ‘Round the World on October 3, 1951, giving the New York Giants the National League pennant over the Brooklyn Dodgers. It remains one of the most iconic highlights in baseball history with one of the best radio calls in baseball history.
Of course, it was only a matter of hours before Ishikawa’s bomb was given the Russ Hodges treatment and it’s simply brilliant:
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