Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
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Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the famous 1951 walk-off home run that capped a dramatic National League pennant playoff and became one of the most iconic moments in baseball history.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" Context triple: [Polo Grounds, notableEvent, Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"]
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Roger Maris
Roger Maris was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record by hitting 61 homers in 1961 for the New York Yankees.
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B.
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio was an American Hall of Fame center fielder renowned for his 56-game hitting streak and his storied career in Major League Baseball.
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Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle was a legendary Hall of Fame switch-hitting center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in baseball history.
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D.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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E.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was an iconic American baseball player widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history, whose power and charisma helped popularize Major League Baseball in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" Target entity description: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the famous 1951 walk-off home run that capped a dramatic National League pennant playoff and became one of the most iconic moments in baseball history.
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A.
Roger Maris
Roger Maris was an American Major League Baseball outfielder best known for breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record by hitting 61 homers in 1961 for the New York Yankees.
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B.
Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio was an American Hall of Fame center fielder renowned for his 56-game hitting streak and his storied career in Major League Baseball.
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C.
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle was a legendary Hall of Fame switch-hitting center fielder widely regarded as one of the greatest players in baseball history.
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D.
Curse of the Bambino
Curse of the Bambino is the popular superstition that blamed the Boston Red Sox’s 86-year World Series championship drought on their 1919 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.
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E.
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was an iconic American baseball player widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the sport’s history, whose power and charisma helped popularize Major League Baseball in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball moment
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baseball event ⓘ home run ⓘ sports milestone ⓘ walk-off home run ⓘ |
| ballCount | 1–0 count ⓘ |
| ballparkConfiguration | Polo Grounds center-field horseshoe ⓘ |
| baseRunners |
Alvin Dark on third base
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Don Mueller on second base ⓘ Whitey Lockman on first base (prior to injury and pinch-runner) ⓘ |
| batter | Bobby Thomson ⓘ |
| battingTeam | New York Giants ⓘ |
| broadcastNetwork | WMCA (New York) radio ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| competition | National League pennant playoff ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | one of the most iconic moments in baseball history ⓘ |
| date | 1951-10-03 ⓘ |
| decidedBy | home run over left-field wall at Polo Grounds ⓘ |
| directionOfHit | left field ⓘ |
| famousCallBy | Russ Hodges ⓘ |
| famousCallPhrase | "The Giants win the pennant!" ⓘ |
| fieldingTeam |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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linked to:
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| gameSituation | deciding game of a best-of-three playoff ⓘ |
| halfInning | bottom of the ninth ⓘ |
| homeTeam | New York Giants ⓘ |
| inning | ninth inning ⓘ |
| laterRevelation | Giants sign-stealing scheme controversy ⓘ |
| league | National League ⓘ |
| location | Polo Grounds ⓘ |
| medium | radio broadcast ⓘ |
| nicknameOrigin | allusion to "shot heard round the world" from American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| pitcher | Ralph Branca ⓘ |
| result | New York Giants win National League pennant ⓘ |
| scoreAfterPlay | New York Giants 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 4 ⓘ |
| scoreBeforePlay | Brooklyn Dodgers 4, New York Giants 2 ⓘ |
| season | 1951 Major League Baseball season ⓘ |
| seriesGameNumber | Game 3 ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| stakes |
National League championship
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linked to:
National League pennant
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| subsequentEvent | New York Giants advance to 1951 World Series ⓘ |
| teamLosingPennant |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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linked to:
Brooklyn Superbas
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| teamWinningPennant | New York Giants ⓘ |
| typeOfHit | three-run home run ⓘ |
| visitingTeam |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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linked to:
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| walkOff | true ⓘ |
| winningMargin | one run ⓘ |
| year | 1951 ⓘ |
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Subject: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" Description of subject: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is the famous 1951 walk-off home run that capped a dramatic National League pennant playoff and became one of the most iconic moments in baseball history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
1951 National League tie-breaker playoff
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notableMoment
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Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World”
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linked to: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
linked to: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
subject linked to:
Shot Heard Round the World
linked to: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"
Russ Hodges
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call of Bobby Thomson’s 1951 home run known as the “Shot Heard ’Round the World”
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linked to: Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"