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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 1, 1951. Bobby Thomson, surrounded by New York Giant teammates, touches home plate after his walk off home run defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant on October 1, 1951 in the Polo Grounds. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 1, 1951.  Bobby Thomson, surrounded by New York Giant teammates, touches home plate after his walk off home run defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant on October 1, 1951 in the Polo Grounds.   (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)