WASHINGTON (AP) Republicans and Democrats joined in friendly rivalry Thursday at their annual Congressional Baseball game, all counting themselves as members of Team Scalise in honor of their grievously wounded colleague.
The game at Nationals Park carried on a century-old bipartisan ritual, this time in the shocked aftermath of the shooting rampage a day earlier against Republican players at a Virginia practice session.
A huge ovation swept the park when Special Agent David Bailey, one of the Capitol Police officers injured in the attack, threw out the first pitch. ”ONE FAMILY,” proclaimed a sign in the crowd.