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Former Dodgers pitcher Branca dies

Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the famed "Shot Heard 'Round the World" that still echoes six decades later as one of the most famous home runs in baseball history, died Wednesday. He was 90. His son-in-law, former big league manager Bobby Valentine, said Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York.

Branca, pitcher who gave up ‘Shot Heard ‘Round World,’ dies

Bobby Thomson, left, of the New York Giants, and Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, engage in horse play before a World Series game on Oct. 10, 1951 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died at the age of 90. His son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at a nursing home in Rye, New York.

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Ralph Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died at the age of 90. Son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died at a nursing home in Rye, New York. The home run that Branca gave up on Oct. 3, 1951, became one of the most famous in baseball history.

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Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, whose baseball career will forever be defined by one fateful pitch, died in Rye, New York on Wednesday. Branca was 90 years old.

Former Dodger Ralph Branca Dies at 90

... James and Dearie Mulvey. A wake in his memory will be held on Monday, Nov. 28 from 4pm to 7pm at Graham Funeral Home in Rye, New York. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11:00AM at the Church of Resurrection. In lieu of flowers, the family ...