When he asked if I would like to try second base, I thought, Hey, get me in the lineup.
- Bobby Thomson
Thought, Like, Second, Lineup
I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs!
- Bobby Thomson
Year, Other, Flies, Runs
I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.
- Bobby Thomson
Through, Air, Corps
There are no war stories. I ended up a bombardier, but I never got overseas. And it wasn't because I was playing baseball either. It was just a series of things that went on.
- Bobby Thomson
War, Got, Stories, Overseas
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level, with the top guys in the game.
- Bobby Thomson
New, Home Run, High Level, Homer
It was a pretty fierce rivalry. I'm just speaking for myself, but I think it was general through the clubs. We didn't like them, and they didn't like us.
- Bobby Thomson
Think, Through, Pretty, Clubs
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