2006-WFAN Mike and the Mad Dog (1951 NL Pennant Race Book)

-From November 2006, Mike and the Mad Dog interview Joshua Prager, author of the book "The Echoing Green" on the 1951 NL pennant race between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants that culminated with Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round The World" to win the pennant for the Giants. Prager's book revealed for the first time the story of how Giant manager Leo Durocher engaged in a complex sign-stealing scheme at the Polo Grounds.

[@TheHobieLandrithSociety]

Fantastic work, highly recommended!

[@NlavonMr]

This is one of the best interviews I have ever heard on this subject or most other sports subjects. The amount of information given in this 45-minute interview was amazing. Kudos to the hosts and the guest. Just terrific stuff.

[@NlavonMr]

SABR has two articles about the statistical result from the steailng of signs. They said there was no smoking gun to show that batting averages went up for the team as a whole. In fact, it went down. Over the same period, the pitching staff reduced their ERA by one whole run. That was perhaps more of a reason for the Giants success than the sign stealing for the batters. Yes, the sign stealing helped but was not the sole reason for the Giants success. It is a stain on their triumph, though.

[@Chauncey60]

Thomson stole the sign but he still had to hit the ball. And he hit it out. The real story of that season was the Dodger collapse. Never should’ve gotten to that point.

[@rentslave]

11 years later-to the date-the Giants did it again to the Dodgers,again coming back in the 9th inning to win,both times #23 scoring the winning run(Felipe Alou).