55 years ago

After winning the first game of a doubleheader against the second-place Giants on Aug. 11, 1951, Brooklyn led by 13 1/2 games. The Giants then closed with a 37-7 run that included a 16-game winning streak and won a 3-game playoff, culminated by Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round The World.

TRIVIA TIME -- WHO WAS ON DECK AT THAT POINT? A 20-year-old rookie named Mays.