Oct. 28, 1995, was quite an eventful 24 hours for David Justice.
The Braves right fielder began the day perhaps the most-hated man in Atlanta and ended it as among the biggest reasons the team had won the first (and still only) professional sports championship in the city’s history. It was Justice’s sixth-inning home run that provided the only run in a 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series, which took place 25 years ago today.
Tom Glavine’s eight innings of one-hit ball in Game 6 are probably the most-lasting aspect of that day and that World Series, but it was Justice who had the most-interesting character arc.