Baseball Scorecard true 0% 8 Checks mostly true 0% 5 Checks half true 0% 3 Checks mostly false 0% 3 Checks false 0% 7 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 1 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for Baseball X posts stated on June 14, 2025 in an X post: Video shows the New York Mets “showed a Pride flag instead of the American flag” during the national anthem. By Gabrielle Lazor • June 17, 2025 Robin Vos stated on March 9, 2023 in Podcast: “When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away." By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2023 Tony Evers stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter: The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan." By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2023 Facebook posts stated on September 5, 2022 in a video on Facebook: Joe Biden called Pope Francis the “famous African American baseball player in America." By Andy Nguyen • September 13, 2022 Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet: Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott." By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2022 Snapple stated on April 5, 2018 in a bottle cap: "There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game." By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2018 Donald Trump stated on October 10, 2017 in a tweet: The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks." By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017 John DePetro stated on September 20, 2015 in blog: "Remember that developers are forced to use the ‘195 land union’ contractors, so tap an extra $10 million into any construction project." By Mark Reynolds • October 4, 2015 Tim Lee stated on June 30, 2015 in mass email: Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium. By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015 Steven Frias stated on February 24, 2015 in a newspaper commentary: "Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2015 James Skeffington stated on February 10, 2015 in a radio interview: Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks." By Katie Mulvaney • February 26, 2015 Dawson Hodgson stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial: Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this." By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014 Revitalize Cobb stated on November 22, 2013 in a mailer: The economic impact of new Atlanta Braves stadium includes 9,241 new jobs and $295 million in wages. By Willoughby Mariano • December 20, 2013 John Loud stated on November 19, 2013 in newspaper article : "These 60 acres (the Atlanta Braves want to build a stadium on) have produced zero SPLOST money for parks and recreation, have produced zero money for education." By Eric Stirgus • November 26, 2013 Kelly Ayotte stated on October 24, 2013 in a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.: The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years." By Kaitlin Mulhere • November 18, 2013 Jeffrey Loria stated on February 24, 2013 in an ad: The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers." By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013 Dennis Algiere stated on May 24, 2012 in a letter to the editor: "The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios." By Tom Mooney • June 1, 2012 Sherrod Brown stated on August 4, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC: "Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies." By Tom Feran • August 29, 2011 Evan Longoria stated on May 19, 2011 in comments to reporters.: Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real. By Aaron Sharockman • May 24, 2011 Sam Adams stated on September 7, 2010 in John Canzano's radio show: Says "$30 million gap" in stadium funding forced the Portland Beavers to leave. By Brad Schmidt • September 29, 2010 Load More Latest Articles In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige November 12, 2021 Latest promises about Baseball No promises to show. Latest promises about Baseball