FILE - In this July 5, 1953, file photo, Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches against the New York Giants in the 5th inning of a baseball game at the Polo Grounds in New York. Branca, the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up the home run dubbed the "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died at the age of 90. His son-in-law Bobby Valentine, a former major league manager, says Branca died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at a nursing home in Rye, New York. (AP Photo/ Harry Harris, File) Obit Branca Baseball