In 1951, Bobby Thomson was 28 years old, the Ambassador Hotel was 30 years old, George Plimpton and Vin Scully were 24 years old. Plimpton was still years away from writing his classic books Out of My League and Paper Lion. Scully was the third man on the Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasting team that included Red Barber and Connie Desmond. He was years away from being the greatest play-by-play voice in baseball history. The Ambassador Hotel, featuring the Coconut Grove nightclub, was one of the world’s most notable lodgings, but it became infamous and, ultimately, extinct. And Joe DiMaggio called it quits on December 11, days after his 37th birthday.

Joltin’ Joe, Bobby, the Ambassador, George, and Vin…where have you gone?

So much of 1951 is gone, but not forgotten, including publications, ballparks, and other buildings. Gone or not, the work of many writers and architects in 1951 impacted the future.

Welton Becket, 49-year-old architect, Robert E. Petersen, 25-year-old publisher, and John Steinbeck, 49-year-old writer, were all doing work that would impact people for years to come.

The stories of Becket, Petersen, Steinbeck, and more are featured in this episode of Where Have You Gone?

This installment of Where Have You Gone looks at Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”. It put the New York Giants into the 1951 World Series against Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and the New York Yankees.

Ever since October 3, 1951, the date and Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” have been linked. Since then, Thomson’s name has been chiseled into the story of baseball.

Thomson’s home run was the high mark of an exceptional career. Mickey Mantle had many highlights in one of baseball’s greatest careers. On October 4, 1951, at Yankee Stadium when the World Series began, Mantle (at bat) and Thomson (at third base) were only feet apart.

We’re decades away from 1951, but we’re striving to get closer to it, this season on Where Have You Gone? There are also stories about The Caine Mutiny, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Herman Wouk, and Paul Gregory.