Post by Colorado Rockies on Sept 11, 2016 6:52:23 GMT
2016 MiLB Draft Round 3
Baseball History: Thomson's shot hear 'round the world.
October 3, 1951: In the most famous single event in all of baseball history, Bobby Thomson completes the New York Giants’ improbable capture of the National League Pennant with his game-winning homer in the third and last game of the 1951 NL Playoffs. Thomson’s miraculous three-run bomb culminates the Giants’ scorching 37-7 run after being 13 1/2 games out of first place in their division in August—the greatest reversal of fortune of all time. “But it also marks the ultimate turnabout in baseball history,” says John Thorn, the MLB’s official historian. “The Brooklyn Dodgers not only lost the pennant, but lost it crushingly with one out in the bottom of the ninth of the final playoff game.” The shot is particularly enduring because of Giants radio announcer Russ Hodges’ jubilant call: “The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!”
3.41. San Diego Padres (via CAL) 1B Peter Alonso/NYMBaseball History: Thomson's shot hear 'round the world.
October 3, 1951: In the most famous single event in all of baseball history, Bobby Thomson completes the New York Giants’ improbable capture of the National League Pennant with his game-winning homer in the third and last game of the 1951 NL Playoffs. Thomson’s miraculous three-run bomb culminates the Giants’ scorching 37-7 run after being 13 1/2 games out of first place in their division in August—the greatest reversal of fortune of all time. “But it also marks the ultimate turnabout in baseball history,” says John Thorn, the MLB’s official historian. “The Brooklyn Dodgers not only lost the pennant, but lost it crushingly with one out in the bottom of the ninth of the final playoff game.” The shot is particularly enduring because of Giants radio announcer Russ Hodges’ jubilant call: “The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!”
3.42. St. Louis Cardinals (via SF, LAD) SS Bo Bichette/TOR
3.43. California Angels (via CWS, TEX, ARZ, SD) SS Jon Duplantier/ARZ
3.44. California Angels (via ARI, SD, STL, OAK, CAL, SD) RHP Connor Jones/STL
3.45. New York Yankees RPH Dane Dunning/WAS
3.46. Chicago Cubs (via LAD, CAL, CHW) RHP Alec Hansen/CHW
3.47. Miami Marlins RHP Cody Sedlock/BAL
3.48. Arizona Diamondbacks (via OAK, HOU) OF Kyle Banks/WAS
3.49. Kansas City Royals C Will Smith/LAD
3.50. Oakland Athletics (via ATL, CAL) SP Keegan Akin BAL
3.51. Arizona Diamondbacks (via BOS) OF Brandon Marsh/LAA
3.52. Chicago Cubs (via SD, SF) OF Dylan Carlson/STL
3.53. Oakland Athletics (via PHI, CAL, ARI, CAL) SS Carter Kieboom/WAS
3.54. Pittsburgh Pirates (via SEA, TEX) OF TJ Friedl/CIN
3.55. Texas Rangers (via STL, CHC) SS Nonie Williams/LAA
3.56. Houston Astros OF Anfernee Grier/ARI
3.57. New York Yankees (via CHC, CAL) 3B Joe Rizzo/SEA
3.58. Washington Nationals SP Kevin Gowdy/PHI
3.59. Washington Nationals (via PIT, CAL, ARI, SD, CAL, CHC) OF Buddy Reed/SD
3.60. San Diego Padres (via TEX, ARI, SD,, CAL) C Chris Okey/CIN
Draft Order from September 11th.