Longtime Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca passed away on Wednesday morning, at age 90. His son-in-law, former Dodgers player and former major league manager Bobby Valentine, passed along the news on Twitter.
One of the greatest guys to ever throw a pitch or sing a song is longer with us. Ralph Branca Passed this morning.
— Bobby Valentine (@BobbyValentine) November 23, 2016
In his 91st year on Earth he left us with same dignity and grace that defined his everyday on earth. He will be truly missed!!!
— Bobby Valentine (@BobbyValentine) November 23, 2016
Branca is known as the pitcher who gave up one of the most famous home runs in baseball history, Bobby Thomson’s “Shot heard ‘round the world” in Game 3 of the 1951 National League playoff to send the Giants to the World Series.