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Search results for "Pelosi was named the Congressional Baseball Game's 'Most Valuable Fan' the previous night."

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Stuart Sternberg stated on June 21, 2010 in a press statement:
The Tampa Bay Rays' "prices have been judged the most affordable in all of professional sports."
By Aaron Sharockman• June 24, 2010
Snapple stated on April 05, 2018 in a bottle cap:
"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
By Louis Jacobson• April 6, 2018
Sherrod Brown stated on August 04, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
By Tom Feran• August 29, 2011
Atlanta Braves stated on December 13, 2010 in a history on team website:
The Atlanta Braves are "the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America."
By Eric Stirgus• December 14, 2010
TikTok posts stated on August 14, 2024 in a TikTok video:
Video shows Boston Red Sox player Jarren Duran getting a “MASSIVE” ovation after his two-game suspension for homophobic slur.
By Jeff Cercone• August 15, 2024
Lincoln Chafee stated on July 27, 2010 in in a comment on the John DePetro Show:
"I remember one of [Curt Schilling's] teammates said he painted his sock, the bloody sock."
By Cynthia Needham• July 27, 2010
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
Ron DeSantis stated on June 17, 2023 in a tweet:
Protests of (Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) at a Los Angeles Dodgers game led to a "virtually empty stadium for the game itself.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• June 19, 2023
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
Ben Affleck stated on October 03, 2014 in an interview on "Real Time with Bill Maher":
The Islamic State is so small it "couldn't fill a Double A ballpark in Charleston, W. Va."
By Katie Sanders• October 7, 2014
Chris Carr stated on May 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Stacey Abrams "supported the MLB boycott."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2022
Cleta Winslow stated on March 18, 2013 in a meeting:
"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."
By Eric Stirgus• March 29, 2013
Todd Staples stated on August 31, 2010 in an interview.:
"More people hunt and fish in Texas in a given year than attend the... games of the Dallas Cowboys, the Dallas Mavericks, the Houston Texans and the Houston Rockets combined."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 25, 2010
Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2014 in posts on Facebook:
Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."
By Katie Sanders• June 5, 2014
Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2017 in a tweet:
"NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country."
By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2017
Dave Grohl stated on February 12, 2023 in a Super Bowl ad:
Canada is to thank for American football.
By Samantha Putterman• February 13, 2023
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
Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2016 in a tweet:
"As usual, Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games."
By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2016
Instagram posts stated on August 07, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"Beyonce paid $100K for Maryland Metro to run later following weather delays for her concert.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 9, 2023
Hugh Hewitt stated on September 13, 2015 in a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
By Jon Greenberg• September 16, 2015

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By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2018

Rhode Island candidate waves the bloody sock

By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2010

Obama’s baseball game with Raúl Castro hot topic as Trump supporters compare Cuba policies

By Jeff Cercone• May 21, 2026

Amid anthem protests, checking if 'NFL family' is diverse

By Tom Kertscher• September 28, 2017

Photo of Covington students in black paint at a basketball game goes viral. Here's what we know

By Samantha Putterman• January 25, 2019

In Context: Joe Biden’s ‘Negro’ reference to baseball player Satchel Paige

By Tom Kertscher• November 12, 2021

Explaining the NCAA's logic in singling out North Carolina

By Will Doran• September 13, 2016

How new Jan. 6 revelations on Ray Epps, others undercut Tucker Carlson’s FBI conspiracy theory

By Bill McCarthy• January 18, 2022

So the Democrats won the House. What legislation might follow?

By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2018

Why the juvenile suspects in the Chiefs parade shooting haven’t been named, unlike Kyle Rittenhouse

By Sara Swann• February 23, 2024

Sherrod Brown's Red Sox claim one of 2011's big hits

By Robert Higgs• December 29, 2011

Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

By Allison Graves• April 2, 2017

Super Bowl legends explored and exposed

By Alex Kuffner• February 5, 2012

How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

By Daniel Funke• January 23, 2020

The week in fact-checking: George Floyd protests, Trump attacks WHO

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 5, 2020

PunditFact: Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 9, 2014

Fact-checking the fallout from Bill Maher's Muslim monologue

By Jon Greenberg, Katie Sanders• October 8, 2014

Is Ayotte's hot-stove league analogy correct?

By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2013