{"id":11277,"date":"2025-07-21T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11277\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:42:11","slug":"braves-reds-uniforms-unveiled-for-mlb-speedway-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/11277\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves, Reds uniforms unveiled for MLB Speedway Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"122673a3-bf06-4432-6950-b8a32e52ac2e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-braves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"04b65a0b-3cca-d795-0e21-23606470418a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/cin\/cincinnati-reds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> will compete at Bristol Motor Speedway in style on Aug. 2 for the MLB Speedway Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>MLB unveiled the special uniforms for each team Monday. Atlanta&#8217;s and Cincinnati&#8217;s threads are largely unchanged, other than details that pay homage to the unique venue and game.<\/p>\n<p>The jersey numbers include bold outlines, shadowing and movement meant to represent the NASCAR vehicle designs. The Reds &#8212; who are the designated home team &#8212; boast white numbers instead of their usual red. The Braves will stick with their traditional red colorway for the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The custom numbers are complemented by caps and helmets with more nods to motorsport designs. Atlanta&#8217;s cap includes red flames on the top of the visor, while Cincinnati&#8217;s cap boasts checkered racing flags across the visor.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"473\" width=\"570\"\/>Major League Baseball<\/p>\n<p>In a first for MLB, the Rawlings-produced helmets will receive custom designs for a special league event. At first glance, the inspiration is clear &#8212; NASCAR&#8217;s helmet design. The look includes more checkered flag nods plus race-style player numbers and &#8220;speed-inspired wordmarks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"473\" width=\"570\"\/>Major League Baseball<\/p>\n<p>The sleeve of each uniform boasts a Speedway Classic patch to commemorate the game.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB Speedway Classic &#8212; held in Bristol, Tennessee, at &#8220;The Last Great Colosseum&#8221; &#8212; will mark the first MLB game played in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds will compete at Bristol Motor Speedway in style on Aug. 2 for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-11277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}