A moment in time : an American story of baseball, heartbreak, and grace

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Ralph Branca is best known for throwing the pitch that resulted in Bobby Thomson's "shot heard 'round the world, " the historic home run that capped an incredible comeback and won the pennant for the New York Giants in 1951. Branca was on the losing end of one of baseball's...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Branca, Ralph, 1926-2016
Other Authors: Ritz, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Scribner, 2011.
Subjects:
Branca, Ralph, > 1926-2016
Baseball players > Biography.
Pitchers (Baseball) > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Ladies' Day
  • League of Nations
  • Teenage tryouts
  • Teenage rookie
  • The Lip
  • El Cheapo
  • The year that changed the world
  • The buildup
  • "Polka dots and moonbeams"
  • In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-Hundred Fifty-One
  • In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-Hundred Fifty-One, the month of September
  • In the year of our Lord, Nineteen-Hundred Fifty-One, the month of October
  • The white handkerchief
  • The Coca-Cola catastrophe
  • One Wollensak telescope
  • How sweet it is
  • The stigma
  • Hellos and good-byes
  • Improbable friendship
  • January 31, 2001
  • A moment in time.

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