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Posted By: ItsOnlyGil

Even tho they just witnessed The Catch, The Shot Heard Round the World was still echoing in their minds. You can't pitch to Thomson, in this situation. But this was Dusty's Series. All choices were wrong.

The Giants were on a mission. They alone had to maintain the NYC streak of never letting an outsider win even one World Series game. And that streak lasted for over 40 consecutive World Series games.

Look it up.


But wait - Gil has the players wrong. It was Hank Thompson, not Bobby Thomson who preceeded Dusty to the plate.

It always seemed to jumble, these names - Bobby Thomson, Bobby Hofman, Hank Thompson.

So Hank was given a pass, because it was good baseball (not because anyone other than Gil can not tell Hank from Bobby - particularly since Bobby was with the Braves for the '54 Series). With Willie on second, first base open and one out, you set up the DP. That is, except in 1954 with Dusty on deck.