Branca is still remembered as the guy who threw that fateful pitch in '51.(Originated from Orange County Register)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 21, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

He cannot escape the past. It shadows him and often confronts him in a variety of forms, in the manner of a golf partner, for instance, in a charity tournament in Elmsford, N.Y., on a crisp September morning.

``Hi, I'm Ralph Branca,'' he said Thursday, extending his hand to the man on the first tee at Knollwood Country Club.

``Are you the guy who threw the home run?'' the man responded.

It often is said that no one remembers who finished second, but Branca does not buy the notion, not when the shot heard 'round the world resonates across time, 44 years and counting, long ...

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