After about four years in the planning, it’s finally time for the MLB Speedway Classic to play ball Saturday night on the diamond constructed on the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway at the place called the “Last Great Colisseum!

It only took driving up to the structure to have him sold. He was hooked by the vastness and grandness of the facility, the spectacle it would be to play baseball in such a place. He and his MLB colleagues walked inside,