Mike Mordecai, left, is shown during Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Mordecai, then with the Florida Marlins, had a three-run double as part of the Marlins' 8-run rally to beat the Chicago Cubs. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)Getty Images
It’s been a quarter-century since the Atlanta Braves won the 1995 World Series, and Mike Mordecai was at the center of it all.
Mordecai was a rookie utility infielder for the Braves at the time, appearing in three of the six games in that year’s Fall Classic against the Cleveland Indians.