Bobby Thomson
Bobby Thomson
Robert Brown "Bobby" Thomsonwas a Scottish-born American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "The Staten Island Scot", he was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Soxand Baltimore Orioles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth25 October 1923
CountryUnited States of America
air
I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.
baseball war stories
There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.
running new-york home
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.
thinking clubs fierce
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.