Reds about to break MLB record thanks to upcoming Speedway Classic

Billy Heyen

Reds about to break MLB record thanks to upcoming Speedway Classic image

The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves are getting close to one of the most unique baseball experiences MLB will have ever seen.

The NL foes will take part in the Speedway Classic on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

It'll be the first AL or NL game ever played in the state of Tennessee.

And because of the size of the venue, it's going to set a new MLB attendance record.

The Athletic's Jim Bowden reports: "Saturday's MLB Speedway Classic will break the all-time regular season single-game attendance record, Major League Baseball with more than 85,000 tickets sold to date."

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It should be an incredible spectacle.

On the field will be some of baseball's most exciting players, like Elly De La Cruz and Ronald Acuna Jr.

And the game will be contested on a stage like none that MLB has ever seen before.

It promises to be a brilliant night for baseball.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle