The MLB Speedway Classic not only set a baseball attendance mark, it was the most-watched sporting event on Saturday, despite being rain-shortened. Fox television’s rain-delay coverage of the game out-performed all competitive prime-time telecasts that night with 1.78 million viewers. Game-play coverage from 9:42-10:32 p.m. on Saturday peaked at 2.4 million viewers. The game was eventually rained out Saturday night and completed Sunday.
The game was played on a major league-size baseball field installed inside Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. It was also the first-ever MLB game ever played in the state of Tennesssee.
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