Talk:Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)
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[edit] Who said it ?
Who coined this phrase ? None of the commentators appear to have said that and the article makes no mention of it. Tintin 01:46, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
- Russ Hodges did.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.231.231.130 (talk • contribs) 05:56, 15 January 2006.
- He didn't use that phrase during the broadcast. He might have done so at a later time, or it might have been a sportswriter's inspiration. Wahkeenah 03:09, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
In the case of Thomson's home run, it was particularly apt Would've thought it was particularly inapt, as no-one outside the US would have known or cared.
- Not so, IP address. Read what it says. It was played on Armed Forces Radio, and many Americans overseas, such as those fighting in the Korean War, would have heard it. Baseball Bugs 07:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- With the greatest of respect Bugs, the term a shot heard around the world, in sports terms, is to signify an event of such magnituted that sports fans from Buenos Aires to Sydney huddle around their radios or read it on the front page of the national press the next day. In my experience only one event has ever achieved that. That was when the USA defeated England at the 1950 World cup. The only nation that didn't sit up and take notice of that event was the United States themselves. It made the front pages of national newspapers in over forty nations. That's a true shot heard around the world. A few soldiers a long way from home, listening on their own armed forces station because the broadcasters in the countries they were stationed in didn't care about the event is hardly a shot heard around the world.
The commenter immediately above is, with all respect, being too literal. Americans have a way of assuming that everything that happens here is of significance and concern to the entire world. For many years, it was "the World Series" when there were no baseball teams South of the Ohio River or, except for St. Louis, West of the Mississippi River.
130.13.1.200 (talk) 03:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)John Paul Parks130.13.1.200 (talk) 03:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well, as the comic strip B.C. once said, the world does not revolve around the sun, it revolves around the United States. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Recent revert
I reverted that IP address' comments due to the unsubstantiated editorial shot against baseball. If someone wants to add in the presumably factual details about the term being used in the 1950 World Cup, they could do that. I'll try to refrain from taking an equally unsubstantiated editorial shot about how boring soccer is. Oops, too late. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 13:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
