Statements about Baseball

John DePetro

"Remember that developers are forced to use the ‘195 land union’ contractors, so tap an extra $10 million into any construction project."  

— Rhode Island

Tim Lee

Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.

— Georgia

Steven Frias

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

— Rhode Island

James Skeffington

Thirty U.S. cities have Triple A baseball teams and "virtually everyone of them [is] playing in government owned ballparks."

— Rhode Island

Dawson Hodgson

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."

— Rhode Island

Revitalize Cobb

The economic impact of new Atlanta Braves stadium includes 9,241 new jobs and $295 million in wages.

— Georgia

John Loud

"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."      

— Georgia

Kelly Ayotte

The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."

— New Hampshire

Jeffrey Loria

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."

— Florida

Dennis Algiere

"The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios."

— Rhode Island

Sherrod Brown

"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."

— Ohio

Evan Longoria

Says his barehanded catch posted on YouTube is real.

— Florida

Sam Adams

Says "$30 million gap" in stadium funding forced the Portland Beavers to leave.

— Oregon

Yvette McGee Brown

"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."

— Ohio

Lincoln Chafee

"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."

— Rhode Island

Stuart Sternberg

The Tampa Bay Rays' "prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports."

— Florida

George Will

The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."

— National

Americans United for Change

"Baseball and insurance are the only industries exempt from antitrust laws."

— National

Barack Obama

"Mathematically, the White Sox can still get in the playoffs."

— National

Barack Obama

On which team he's rooting for in the World Series.

— National