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MLB Speedway Classic: What we learned from historic baseball game at Bristol
BRISTOL, TN — This town of 28,000 year-round residents is typically a little on the sleepy side. When NASCAR comes to Bristol Motor Speedway two weekends a year, the place explodes with visitors from every corner of the country.
MLB Speedway Classic: Braves vs. Reds sets attendance record at Bristol Motor Speedway in historic game
Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Chipper Jones threw out the ceremonial first pitches on Saturday, alongside NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott. Country superstar Tim McGraw, son of former MLB pitcher Tug McGraw, and Pitbull performed a pre-game concert before players took a lap around the track.
It’s a fun thought and MLB did its darnedest to answer that. The problem is they thought nothing of the experience for any one of those 90,000+ fans who made the trip. This was an overwhelming ...
Transforming an iconic race track into a baseball field for a single night takes an awful lot of work.
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