Booby Thompson and Ralph Branca in souvenir photos. In 1951 Thompson hit a game winning homerun off Branca in the deciding season ending playoff game to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers and send the New York Giants to the World Series.

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Photo credit: © RLFE Pix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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