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What controversy was associated with baseball player Bobby Thomson?
Longstanding rumors that the Giants engaged in systematic sign stealing during the second half of the 1951 season were confirmed in 2001.
Who is Salvador Anthony Yvars?
Salvador Anthony Yvars was a professional baseball catcher.Yvars is best remembered as the player who relayed stolen signals to his teammates during the 1951 pennant-winning season.
Was Rube Walker the Brooklyn Dodges catcher in The Shot Heard 'Round the World?
Walker was behind the plate in the deciding game of the 1951 National League tie-breaker series on October 3, 1951.
Did Salvador Anthony Yvars say the 1951 New York Giants stole signs in all their games?
In ensuing years, rumors began to circulate that during the second half of the 1951 season, the Giants engaged in systematic sign stealing.
Did other 1951 New York Giants players corroborate the story of stealing signals?
In 2001 surviving Giants players told the Wall Street Journal the team used a telescope behind center field to steal the finger signals of opposing catchers.

Question: What was the reaction to this story?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the reaction to the 1951 New York Giants sign stealing story?