Throwback Photo of the Day: Bobby Thomson gets what's comin' to him

Bobby Thomson became and baseball hero (or villain, if you poll Dodger fans) when he belted the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" and lifted the New York Giants to the 1951 National League pennant:

Thomson spent two more seasons with the Giants before the team traded him to the Braves for a haul that included left-handed pitchers Johnny Antonelli and Don Liddle. By the time Spring Training rolled around in 1956, you'd have thought that the Dodgers -- who had played in three of the previous four Fall Classics and won the 1955 World Series -- would have gotten over the dramatic loss to Thomson and the Giants in '51.
You'd have been wrong.
New team, new champions, same old grudge. Dodgers greats Duke Snider and Gil Hodges sought out their old adversary out in March of '56 and jokingly exacted their revenge for his iconic dinger.
They say the best revenge is living well, and Hodges and Snider must have taken that to heart because they helped the Dodgers win the '56 NL pennant just for good measure.