{"product_id":"the-echoing-green-9780375713071","title":"The Echoing Green","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the untold story of the secret scandal behind baseball's most legendary moment:The Shot Heard Round the World. A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 3:58 p.m. on October 3, 1951, Bobby Thomson hit a home run off Ralph Branca. The  ball sailed over the left field wall and into history. The Giants won the pennant.  That moment—the Shot Heard Round the World—reverberated from the West Wing of the  White House to the Sing Sing death house to the Polo Grounds clubhouse, where hitter  and pitcher forever turned into hero and goat. It was also in that centerfield block  of concrete that, after the home run, a Giant coach tucked away a Wollensak telescope.  \u003ci\u003eThe Echoing Green \u003c\/i\u003eplaces that revelation at the heart of a larger story, re-creating  in extravagant detail and illuminating as never before the impact of both a moment  and a long-guarded secret on the lives of Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525059944791,"sku":"9780375713071","price":15.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375713071.jpg?v=1731859079","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-echoing-green-9780375713071","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}