Peanut butter and jelly. Christmas and presents. Salt and pepper. Las Vegas and gambling. Baseball and race car tracks? Race cars on an oval track and baseball hitters on a baseball diamond always ...

Saturday’s MLB Speedway Classic between the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves is expected to be historic in more ways than one.

Work continues on the baseball field inside the racetrack at Bristol Motor Speedway, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Bristol, Tenn.