Democrats win annual baseball game with special meaning - CNN
Democrats easily defeated Republicans 11-2 in the 2017 Congressional
Baseball Game, in an annual tradition that has taken on renewed
importance in the wake of Wednesday's shooting in Alexandria, Virginia.
One day after a gunman opened fire at a Republican congressional
baseball practice, shooting House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and three
others, lawmakers took the field Thursday evening at Nationals Park in
Washington.
The
annual Congressional Baseball Game pits Republicans against Democrats,
but this year the focus has turned to showing unity in the wake of the
shooting. Interest in the charity baseball game has skyrocketed in the
aftermath of the shooting, as staffers and lawmakers look to rally
around Scalise and the three others who were shot: a congressional
staffer, a lobbyist and a Capitol Police special agent.
At
the end of the game when Democratic manager Pennsylvania Rep. Mike
Doyle was presented the winning trophy, he called Republican manager
Texas Rep. Joe Barton to join him. Doyle gave the winning trophy back to the Republicans to put in Scalise's office.
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