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    Famed home run hitter Bobby Thomson dead at 86

    NEW YORK - We've heard the frenzied call forever, echoing through baseball lore.

    "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"

    Bobby Thomson, the man immortalized with his "Shot Heard 'Round the World" in 1951, died Monday night at his home in Savannah, Ga. He was 86 and had been in failing health for several years, the Fox & Weeks funeral home said Tuesday.
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