tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post6315585568840399214..comments2023-11-15T06:24:52.827-06:00Comments on 2 by 3 Heroes: Shot downJediJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261262040532716901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post-65413555872950006302016-11-24T01:39:57.502-06:002016-11-24T01:39:57.502-06:00Shot Heard 'round the World was a few years be...Shot Heard 'round the World was a few years before my time... but as a baseball fan the call is embedded in my brain. I picked up a Steiner photograph with Branca and Thomson's signatures. The fact that he signed a photo of that piece of baseball history is another example of him being a class act. Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post-86757476489328352422016-11-23T21:23:26.909-06:002016-11-23T21:23:26.909-06:00I watched Ralph Branca sign at a card show many ye...I watched Ralph Branca sign at a card show many years ago in New Jersey. He seemed to be a super friendly guy. This was back before promoters charged for 'photo ops'. He stood and posed for everyone who came through the line who asked. I regret not getting something signed that day if only to have had a chance to say hello. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post-47455001283621552252016-11-23T20:42:18.101-06:002016-11-23T20:42:18.101-06:00Cool card. Glad you showed it today. Cool card. Glad you showed it today. Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652380890985105416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post-85933422305490442212016-11-23T18:46:12.188-06:002016-11-23T18:46:12.188-06:00Branca is a fantastic example for today's youn...Branca is a fantastic example for today's young athletes (and really people in general) in learning how to deal with defeat. He truly never let that "shot" get the best of him, at least he never seemed to. <br /><br />Nice pick-up!Tony Burbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17916383902665781661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566944697067324240.post-10430119514642004842016-11-23T16:09:14.279-06:002016-11-23T16:09:14.279-06:00Interestingly, there's video of Ralph Branca a...Interestingly, there's video of Ralph Branca as a contestant on the Concentration game show from 1963. He's not even there as a celebrity contestant, just a regular player. And, since these are from their Champions tourney, he must have been really good at it.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOHmDZzUz4buckstorecardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593364314991949335noreply@blogger.com