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FILE - In this October 1952 file photo, Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine pitches against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the baseball World Series in New York. Up by 13 1/2 games in mid-August in 1951, Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers seemed destined. That was until rookie Willie Mays and the New York Giants came flying back, fueled by an incredible, late run in home games at the Polo Grounds, and forced a best-of-three playoff for the National League pennant. Erskine was warming up in the Brooklyn bullpen in Game 3 when Bobby Thomson connected for the famed &quot;Shot Heard 'Round the World,&quot; a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth off Ralph Branca that rallied the Giants to a 5-4 win. A half-century later, a giant secret was revealed: The Giants had rigged a spyglass-and-buzzer system in late July to steal catchers' signals and tip off their hitters. (AP Photo, File)

Stolen away: Brooklyn pitcher recalls ‘51 sign-stealing scam

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

This photo provided by Jordan Sprechman shows a program printed in advance, in anticipation of a 1946 World Series matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. But there was no World Series that October between the Red Sox and Dodgers _ instead, Brooklyn lost a best-of-three playoff to St. Louis for the National League pennant. Instead of being sold at Ebbets Field, these programs became a long-lost souvenir of a phantom World Series that never was.(Jordan Sprechman via AP)

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By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

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