Branca's Pitch
On October 3, 1951 Ralph Branca became a legendary figure in baseball history. The 26 year-old Brooklyn Dodger pitcher became infamous for losing the National League Pennant to the bitter rival New York Giants, by giving up the game winning home run termed "The Shot Heard Round the World." Jeered by once adoring fans and labeled a scapegoat for the rest of his life, Ralph never reclaimed his career. Now 86, Branca attempts to pen a memoir that finally tells his side of the story, to try and restore his fascinating, yet overlooked legacy in baseball's "Golden Age" of the '40s and '50s.
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