It was a pretty fierce rivalry. I'm just speaking for myself, but I think it was general through the clubs. We didn't like them, and they didn't like us.

"It was the best thing that ever happened to me" he later said. In 1949 Thomson had career bests in RBI (109) and batting average (. Thomson grew up on Staten Island in New York City and signed with the New York Giants for a $100 bonus right out of Curtis High School in 1942.

"It was the best thing that ever happened to me" he later said. His season-ending three-run home run for the Giants in 1951 known as the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" is one of the most famous moments in baseball history. Robert Brown "Bobby" Thomson (October 25 1923 – August 16 2010) was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player.