The Echoing Green (book)
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 2006 Book jacket | |
| Author | Joshua Prager |
|---|---|
| Subject | Baseball, New York state history, New York Giants history, Ralph Branca and Bobby Thomson |
| Genre | nonfiction |
| Set in | New York and Major League Baseball |
| Published | 2006 |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print, E-book, Audio |
| Pages | 498 |
| ISBN | 9780375421549 or 0375421548 |
| OCLC | 64487310 |
| 796.357/64097471 | |
| LC Class | GV875.N42 P73 2006 |
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World is a nonfiction book written by Joshua Prager and originally published by Pantheon Books in 2006.[1][2] The book centers on the 1951 New York Giants scheme to read opposing catchers' finger signals relayed from catcher to pitcher with a telescope in the center-field clubhouse during the latter part of the 1951 Major League Baseball season. This led to baseball's famous Shot Heard 'Round the World, when Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, resulting in winning the three game playoff series and the National League (NL) pennant, with a 5–4 win over the Dodgers.[1] "It's been described as the greatest baseball game ever played, and you don't have to be a baseball fan to mark the anniversary."[3][4] The book expands on an article that Prager wrote in 2001 for the Wall Street Journal.[2][5]