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In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is an epithet used to describe a game-winning home run by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL) pennant. Thomson's dramatic three-run homer came in the ninth inning of the decisive third game of a three-game playoff for the pennant in which the Giants trailed, 4 runs to 2. The game—the first ever televised nationally—was seen by millions of viewers across America and heard on radio by millions more, including thousands of American servicemen stationed in Korea, listening on Armed Forces Radio. The classic drama of snatching victory from defeat to secure a pennant was intensified by the epic cross-town rivalry between the Giants and Dodgers, and by a remarkable string of victories in the last weeks of the regular season by the Giants, who won 37 of their last 44 games to catch the first-place Dodgers and force a playoff series to decide the NL champion. The Giants' late-season rally and 2-to-1-game playoff victory, capped by Thomson's moment of triumph, are collectively known in baseball lore as the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff." The phrase "shot heard 'round the world", from the poem "Concord Hymn" (1837) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, originally a metaphor for the first clash of the American Revolutionary War, later became popularly associated with Thomson's homer and several other dramatic historical moments.〔''Concord Hymn'' by Ralph Waldo Emerson. (poetryfoundation.org archive ). Retrieved November 20, 2014.〕 ==Background== The National League (NL) race in the 1951 Major League Baseball season was projected to be a contest between the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies. Throughout the first half of the season, the Dodgers stayed in first place by a large margin. By August 10, they were games ahead of the Giants and games ahead of the Phillies, and as a result they were already looking ahead to facing the New York Yankees in the 1951 World Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1951 The Shot Heard ’Round the World )〕 "Unless (Dodgers ) completely fold in their last 50 games," wrote an Associated Press writer, "they're in." As the Phillies faded from contention, the Giants won 16 straight games from August 12 to August 27, cutting their deficit from games to six. By September 20, the Dodgers had ten games left to play while the Giants had seven. Though the Dodgers' game advantage appeared insurmountable, the Giants won all of their last seven games. When the Dodgers defeated the Phillies 9–8 in 14 innings on the final day, the Dodgers' and Giants' records stood at an identical 96-58. The NL used a three-game playoff at that time to break ties for the pennant. For game one at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, the Dodgers chose as their starting pitcher Ralph Branca, who had beaten the Giants twice in the regular season; the Giants chose Jim Hearn, who had likewise beaten the Dodgers twice that year. The Giants won the first game, 3-1 thanks to home runs by Bobby Thomson and Monte Irvin. For game two, also in Brooklyn, the Giants' Sheldon Jones faced the Dodgers' Clem Labine. The Yankees were among those in attendance as spectators. The Dodgers bounced back to win the second game, 10-0, with home runs by four separate players. The 1-1 deadlock set up the deciding third game at the Polo Grounds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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