Start your windup, gentlemen. On August 2, 2025, at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will play a regular-season game on one of baseball’s most unusual venues. The legendary racetrack, which hosted the 2016
Tennessee-Virginia Tech college football game, will try to draw in over 100,000 spectators for the MLB Speedway Classic. Major League Baseball will also be present. For the Saturday night event weekend
ofWe understand that doing so would necessitate the Expos coming back or the Nationals wearing them while traveling. Unfortunately, neither is very likely. When a team spends money on an alternate uniform, they want to wear it in front of their own fans, which
is why you rarely see them wearing throwbacks away from home. The home club, which is also probably donning a retro outfit of some kind, usually foots the bill when a road squad dons throwbacks. Although it looks good, most teams definitely wouldn’t be able to
afford to make the investment. On July 6, 2019, Washington, which moved from Montreal to become the Nationals before the 2005 season, did don vintage Expos uniforms at home. While a few Montreal supporters
the following year, FOX will broadcast the historic game starting at 7 p.m. ET. The field will measure 330 feet to the lines, 400 feet to the center, and 384 feet to the left and 375 feet to the right in the power
alleys. “Bristol and the surrounding area have a long history with baseball, being recognized as theAs of Friday, ticket pricing were not disclosed. Season ticket holders for the Braves, Reds, and Bristol Pirates will have first dibs on tickets in September; general
ticket sales start in December. For FOX Sports, Bob Pockrass covers NASCAR. He has worked for ESPN, Sporting News, NASCAR Scene magazine, and The (Daytona Beach) News-Journal over his decades-long career covering racing, which includes over thirty Daytona 500s. Track him at @bobpockrass on Twitter.
