Burdette takes Branca deep to win Grapefruit League game

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March 27, 1953 ā€“ Lew Burdette smacked a ninth-inning home run off Ralph Branca to give the Braves a 3-2 exhibition victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. ā€œNow Iā€™m as famous as Bobby Thomson,ā€ a jubilant Burdette yelled in the clubhouse after the game.

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