Oct. 30—Bill Hendrick was as close to Atlanta Braves right fielder Dave Justice as anybody, save the catcher or the umpire. The site was Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. It was Oct. 28, 1995, the sixth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, and neither the Braves nor the Cleveland Indians were on the board. The Braves were one win away from winning their first World Series since the franchise moved to Atlanta in 1966.
Hendrick, now retired, was a science reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution at the time, but the paper had "mobilized everybody" to cover the World Series.