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SAN FRANCISCO - It was 63 years ago and a continent away that the Giants, then in New York, won the National League pennant on the strength of Bobby Thomson's home run. And while that shot might have been heard round the world, as baseball lore persists, the one that Travis Ishikawa hit in the bottom of the ninth inning Oct. 16 night might have been more remarkable.

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