> From: Jack Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Jack Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:23:53 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: t-and-f: Meanwhile back at the hall of fame.... > >> i couldn't agree more, gh. i grew up with cal ripken but was shocked >> to see his passing gehrig chosen #1. it doesn't even belong in the >> top 5. my personal choice for #1, the 1951 Shot Heard Round the >> World, apparently merely dates me (even though I was too young to >> have known about it when it occurred).
Thomson '51 has been overwhelming choice of all the baseball fans I've talked to (and is what SF paper defined as best ever as well). I'd go w/ Yogi Berra jumping into Don Larsen's arms myself, even as much of a Yankee hater as I am. gh
