BRISTOL, Tenn. — Cincinnati manager Terry Francona noticed the sheer size of Bristol Motor Speedway rising up from the mountains as the Reds arrived Saturday on their buses.

The best way to describe the speedway? Huge.

Big enough in fact to place not one, but two baseball diamonds. Francona's Reds need only one for the MLB Speedway Classic against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night in the infield at Bristol Motor Speedway, also called “The Last Great Colosseum.”

Francona approves of all the hard work.

“When you get outside of the field, it’s actually pretty cool," Francona said. "The way the stands kind of all face in, the ones they’re using, it looks pretty cool.”

Credit: AP Photo/George Walker IV Fans wait in the rain before the MLB Speedway Classic between the Cincinnati R

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