This led to baseball's famous Shot Heard 'Round the World, when Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning against Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, resulting in winning the three game playoff series and the National League (NL) pennant, with a 5–4 win over the Dodgers.

[2][5] Joshua Prager originally wrote about the signal-stealing scheme in a January 2001 article for The Wall Street Journal entitled "Was the '51 Giants Comeback a Miracle, Or Did They Simply Steal the Pennant?

It is most famous for the walk-off home run hit by Bobby Thomson of the Giants in the deciding game, which has come to be known as baseball's "Shot Heard 'Round the World".

"[7][8] The Dodgers rebounded to win the National League pennant in 1952, but lost the 1952 World Series to the Yankees four games to three.

[1][4][9] Thomson's dramatic three-run homer came in the ninth inning of the decisive third game of a three-game playoff for the pennant in which the Giants trailed, 4–1.