An incredibly important event, and the culmination of one of the greatest pennant races of all time, between two fiercely competitive teams who loathed each other.

The most dramatic HR in history. Mazeroski's should have a slight edge, but this is the one. Willie Mays was a rookie in the on-deck circle when the historical blow was struck. He has said that he was praying that it wouldn't fall on his young shoulders. Bobby Thomson was an excellent player who deserves to be remembered, Ralph Branca was a damn good pitcher who deserved to be remembered for more than this.

nothing in sports compares

I would vote this as the greatest moment in baseball history. I always contend that Thomson's homer should have earned him a ticket to the Hall of Fame. The homer has had some controversy of late and reminds me of an interesting story. A young writer for the Wall Street Journal named Joshua Prager called me about using some research I did for his book. His controversial WSJ article and subsequent book dealt with a theory that the 1951 NY Giants had a very elaborate system rigged up in the Polo Grounds for stealing signs from the opposing team's catcher and relaying them to the batter. And that perhaps Thomson benefitted from this tip-off. The Giants improbable late-season run lends credence to this theory. However, Thomson claims he had no tip-off of what Ralph Branca was going to throw to him when he hit The Shot..

A dramatic finish to a dramatic comeback. A 5 star rating would have been appropriate if they would have won the World Series.

Great moment. But again, it might've been greater if they would've beaten my team. Too bad, I guess.

Oh please, that was a nice HR to win a playoff game, but there's been many of those, the only reason why it's so famous is because of the great call by Hodges.

The irony is that Russ Hodges's radio call (The Giants win the pennant!) was only preserved for posterity due to the efforts of a DODGER fan. Teams and networks didn't routinely keep archives of game broadcasts back then, and this Brooklynite actually used a then-rare home recorder to tape the enemy broadcast and gloat over what he assumed would be the Giants' loss. After Thompson's blast, the guy was good enough to mail his tape to the Giants, and the rest is history.

I was an infant when it happened, first heard it 16 years later, and now at the age of 53 I still consider it the most thrilling description of an event I have ever heard.

A moment long past but still in the minds of all who where never there.it like Pearl Harbour

OVER-RATED

The culmination of an incredible comeback by the Giants to capture the 1951 pennant - the call by Russ Hodges immortalized the event for generations to come. I would vote this moment as one of the best, if not the best.

Ironically, the only reason this moment stands out like it does (I have an entire book written about it), is because of the radio announcer caught on tape screaming about the Giants winning the pennant. It was a great moment in (sports) broadcast history. I'd love to have been there.

It is a little-known fact that a rookie Willie Mays was standing nervously on deck when this blast occurred. Who has not heard and gotten goosebumps from the dramatic radio call of "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"? It rightfully earned the name of the shot heard 'round the world for its significance in the history of the game.