For six consecutive nights starting late this month, Fox Sports Southeast will re-air the only World Series the Braves have won since moving to Atlanta.
The 1995 World Series against the Cleveland Indians will be shown, one game per night, starting with Game 1 on April 27 and culminating with Game 6 on May 2.
A short pregame show of sorts will precede each telecast, with Hall of Fame pitchers Tom Glavine and John Smoltz joining Braves broadcaster Chip Caray from their homes to discuss memories of the 1995 championship. Each telecast will begin at 7 p.m.
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In one of Caray's pre-recorded interviews with Glavine and Smoltz, provided by Fox Sports Southeast, Glavine discusses the challenge he famously made to Braves hitters in the dugout during a then-scoreless Game 6.
“The exact quote was, ‘Come on, boys, get me one (run), because they’re not getting any,’ ” Glavine said. “I think for one of the handful of times in my career I honestly felt that way. I mean, I knew I was on my game. I knew I was in the zone. All of those things that you talk about as an athlete, I knew I was there. It truly was that one special moment, I guess, particularly in those circumstances.
"It's one thing to say that on Sunday afternoon in August. It's another thing to say it in Game 6 of the World Series. But I felt it. … I was just trying to create a little bit of a spark, and fortunately it created enough spark for that one run we needed."
David Justice’s sixth-inning home run provided the only run of the Braves’ 1-0 win. Glavine allowed just one hit in eight innings, and Mark Wohlers pitched a hitless ninth.
Games 1, 4 and 5 of the 1995 World Series originally aired on ABC, with Al Michaels, Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver calling the action. Games 2, 3 and 6 were on NBC, with Bob Costas, Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker in the booth.
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