Baseball great Bobby Thomson selects his all-time Giants team—five players at each position plus the top five managers—covering the team's more than 100-year history in two cities, New York and San Francisco.
Bobby Thomsonwas an outfielder for the New York Giants. On October 3, 1951, his famous shot heard 'round the world, a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth of the third playoff game, gave the Giants a 5-4 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers and the National League pennant.Phil Pepeis the author of more than 40 books on sports, including collaborations with Yankees legends Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, and Whitey Ford. He is a former Yankees beat writer for theNew York Daily Newsand a former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America.Willie McCoveyis a former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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