Ralph Branca
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Oct 18, 2026
Andy ZidesGUEST
These things happen.
Andy ZidesGUEST
The 1951 Giants, you know, we just kind of recognized Bobby Thompson's, you know, 75th anniversary of his home runoff, Ralph Branca.
Andy ZidesGUEST
Robert Brown of the
Ryan ReynoldsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Worlds, yep.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It'll be the second annual Old Timers Day.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The regular game of the day will be between the Mets and the Phillies, but already having accepted invitations to participate in the old-timers celebration, our such stars who were born, reared in the New York area as Johnny Murphy, Hank Greenberg, Marius Russo, Buddy Hassett, Sal Ivar, Marty Irvin, Tommy Holmes, Ralph Branca, Frankie Frisch, Sid Gordon, Bobby Thompson, Bill
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jurgis,
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And a number of Hall of Famers will be on hand here also.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The wind is blowing quartering toward the left field stands, so the right-hand batters who hit a high long drive figure to have an advantage on the wind.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ralph Branca is to be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's busily warming up with that, uh, familiar number 13 on the back of his home white uniform, and Tommy Byrne, the strong-armed, stout-hearted left-hander, is getting ready for the Yankees.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The first two games have had unprecedentedly, uh, efficient pitching.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Snider in center field is batting seventh.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Campanella catching and hitting eighth.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the pitcher is Ralph Branca.
Red BarberSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, the pop, public address announcer is handing out the batting orders to the spectators here in the ballpark.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So apparently, Larsen with this new delivery has become rather difficult.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, uh, interesting sidelight on it, the Dodgers anticipating perhaps the problem of the Dodger batters picking up the ball with Larsen delivering the ball almost from in front of his shirt, today had Ralph Branca working, and Branca was not going into a full windup.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was using the Larsen, uh, kind of maneuver or delivery in, uh, delivering the ball.
Bob DelaneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the Dodgers, uh, have thought about the possibility of, uh, their players having some trouble, uh, hitting Don Larsen, and they have made the necessary arrangements.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There will be Hall of Famers there, Max Carey, Frankie Frisch, Carl Hubbell, Burleigh Grimes, Ed Roush.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Fellas like Don Newcombe, Carl Erskine, and Van Lingle Mungo, and Ralph Branca, Roy Campanella, and Mickey Owen, Doc Camilli, Eddie Stanky, Pee Wee Reese, and Augie Galan, Zach Wheat, Joe Medwick, Casey Stengel, Lefty O'Doul, and Babe Herman, and Carl Furillo, Sal Maglie, Rube Marquard, Jim Hearn, Hal Schumacher, Wes Westrum, Harry Danning, Paul Richards, Bubba Ginard, George Kelly, Johnny Mize, Frankie Frisch, Hughie Critz, Dave Bancroft, Dick Bartell, Travis Jackson, Freddie Lindstrom, Monte Irvin, Jo Jo Moore, Bobby Thomson.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the Mets also will be playing the Philadelphia Phillies.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That game will come after the Old Timers ceremony Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hi, everybody.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Ralph Kiner, along with Tim McCarver and Steve Zabriskie, and the Mets against the Cincinnati Reds.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And a special day here today, a debut for Darryl Strawberry.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And ironically, it comes on Willie Mays' birthday.
13 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Again, he's
Tim McCarverSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
using all parts of the field in which to
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
hit also, Ralph.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Randy Marsh behind home plate, Fred Rocklander at first, Billy Williams at second, John McSherry at third.
Kevin SlatenHOST
It was a three-game playoff, and it was game three, so it was really one game, down to one game.
Kevin SlatenHOST
Giants were down four to two in the ninth inning, and they rallied, and they got some men on base, and Ralph Branca was summoned from the bullpen for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Kevin SlatenHOST
Bobby Thomson was at the plate.
Kevin SlatenHOST
They had seen each other in the parking lot prior to the game.
Kevin SlatenHOST
They were friends, wished each other a great off-season.
Kevin SlatenHOST
And then Bobby Thomson was about to ruin Ralph Branca's off-season and the rest of his career by hitting what they called the shot heard 'round the world.
Kevin SlatenHOST
They called it the Miracle at Coogan's Bluff because the Polo Grounds in New York City were located down at the bottom of a bluff called Coogan's Bluff.
Kevin SlatenHOST
The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff came on one pitch that Ralph Branca delivered and Russ Hodges memorialized in his spectacular call.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I'll never forget the time when Thompson hit the run, how everybody swarmed all over him.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Bobby Thompson will be there along with Ralph Branca.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Should be a great occasion.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's July 14th, the Old-Timers' Game.
15 MINS LATER
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Of course, it'll be Leo Durocher there.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was the manager in that ballgame.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I'll never forget the time when Thompson hit the run how everybody swarmed all over him, and Bobby Thompson will be there along with Ralph Branca.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Should be a gala occasion.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It'll be the second annual Old-Timers' Day.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The regular game that day will between, be between the Mets and the Phils, but already having accepted invitations to participate in the Old-Timers celebration are such stars who were born, reared in the New York area as Johnny Murphy, Hank Greenberg, Marius Russo, Buddy Hassett, Sal Yvars, Monte Irvin, Tommy Holmes, Ralph Branca, Frankie Frisch, Sid Gordon, Bobby Thomson, Bill Jurges.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And a number of Hall of Famers will be on hand here also.
Lindsey NelsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Zach Wheat and Sam Rice have accepted, and the most recent acceptances have come from Ed Roush and Bill Dickey.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the Giants, of course, won the National League championship with that ninth-inning swing of Bobby Thomson, defeating the Dodgers and putting the Giants into the World Series.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Among the '51 Dodgers invited are Ralph Branca, Don Newcombe, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Carl Furillo, Carl Erskine, Roy Campanella, Preacher Roe, Pee Wee Reese, and of course, Gil Hodges.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Giants players that have been invited include Leo Durocher, Whitey Lockman, Sal Maglie, Monte Irvin, Eddie Stanky, Larry Jansen, Jim Hearn, and Bobby Thomson.
Ralph KinerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Special Yankees asked to grace the occasion include Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey, Hank Bauer, and Phil Rizzuto.
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