He's a studly ballplayer. He'd like it if his opponents were studly ballplayers, too. Today marks the 50th anniversary of Bobby Thomson's home run to lift the New York Giants over the Brooklyn Dodgers. It also marks the half-century anniversary of Russ Hodges' famous home run call. You flip on national sports networks.
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Poor Mark mopes about how much more media scrutiny he endured. Poor Mark whines that his teammate, rookie Albert Pujols, deserves to be MVP over Bonds. A cool day at Pac Bell ends with cold defeat There have been many cool days in the short history of Pacific Bell Park. The day it opened. When the Giants beat the New York Mets in the 2000 playoff opener.