Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Ralph Branca, Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher Who Gave Up Famous Home Run, Dies at 90

Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died at the age of 90. His son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died Wednesday at a nursing home in Rye, New York. The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most famous in baseball history.
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