such a big footprint, perhaps it clouded out their ability to lead. so if that's true and other countries see this as an opportunity, that's great. jack: there you go. positive note to end on. we're out of time. i could talk all day. thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. jennifer: thanks. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> democracy, it isn't just an idea. it's a process shaped by leaders, elected to the highest offices and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. it's where debates unfold and decisions are made and the nation's course is charted. democracy in real time. this is your government at work. this is c-span. giving you your democracy unfiltered.

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charity game and think it's going to be friendly. not so much. chad: they take this game seriously. kevin: if you haven't had a chance to see a game like this before you get a chance to see not just good baseball, you get a chance to see good team sportsmanship, women and men from both sides of the aisle who want to do something great to serve the community here in washington. chad: they play the game for charity, about 40 charities benefit from the game. they've raised a record $2.75 million for this game and expect 30,000 people in the stands tonight, also a record. kevin: big night for the fans. could be another big night for the republican, they've won several games in a row in this series. chad: four games in a row. they have a murderers are' row in the middle of those in favor

say aye lineup. greg steube, he hit a big league home run into the outfield a couple of years ago. that's june one of their hitters. they have august pfluger. then they have eric schmidt the republican senator from missouri, a st. louis cardinals fan. he hit a bases clearing triple to the warning track two years ago. kevin: not go love a red birds fan. the democrats haven't won the last few contests but they have a lot of new faces. chad: linda sanchez is in her third year managing the democratic side. they have some new faces, johnny olszewski, he'll start in left field. he will hit cleanup. kevin: they have been practicing since march here folks. i know. little snow. little rain in between. but they are ready for congressional baseball. and so are we. we'll have the game right after this quick time-out.

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>> c-span is televising this right now live. so we are not just speaking to los angeles. we are speaking to the country. >> there are a lot of very worthwhile charities that will be beneficiaries of the money we raise tonight. when i first started playing there were maybe four charities. we split the proceeds among 45 charities in the greater d.m.v. area that support really vulnerable children and we also support the nats academy that gives scholarships to young kids. that's what this night is about. it's a lot of fun. a little rivalry. a lot of fun. a lot of good charitable work going on. >> all right. you got to cover your ears for this one. you got a game plan for the seven? >> i do. >> what's the game plan? >> score more runs than they score. >> that's the plan. of course same question to you going on strategy, of course coming off last year. you guys want to change up things a little bit what have you got up your sleeve? >> we have some new freshman talent that we're really excited

that's going to debut tonight. we've got the bulk of our lineup from last year. we're injury free so far, that's a good thing. hopefully we'll put on a good show and entertain the folks here tonight. >> of course a good luck to the both of you, going to be a fantastic night for such a great cause. thank you linda, and roger, for joining us. love a handshake. kevin: our great annie may. seeing that sportsmanship. we'll take another quick break here and be back with the action after this. >> the annual congressional baseball game will resume in a moment. you're watching live coverage on c-span. >> democracy. it isn't just an idea. it's a process. a process shaped by leaders. elected to the highest offices. and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic

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you. with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials. all in one place. this compact, spiral bound guide contains bio and contact information for every house and nat member of the 119th congress. contact information on congressional committees. the president's cabinet. federal agencies. and state governors. the congressional directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. scan the code on the right or go to c-spanshop.org to order your copy today. >> nationals park here on a fan it's a ignite for baseball. it's the 2025 congressional baseball game. the 90th edition. of course this, like so many others, for charity. we are thrill to have had you inside with all of us here inside the nationals broadcast booth. kevin corke on the far side there, of course is chad pegman. if you're a political animal like we are, you probably know

this guy in the middle, the great speak over the house, mike johnson. great to have you with us. mike: so great to be with you. i'm excited about this night. we all are. kevin: we talked about this they start practicing back in march. that means you've got to marshal the cats and get these guys to work. they can't be out there all morning instead of working with you. mike: they start at 5:30 in the morning. it's a big time commitment. chad: let me run for the democratic lineup, they're the visitors. you can comment here, mr. speaker, on some of these prayers here. leading off and playing second base, raul ruiz, democrat of california. deluzio, democrat of pennsylvania. he will be the pitcher batting second. he's wearing a navy uniform or pittsburgh pie -- wore a pittsburgh pirates uniform. mcgarvey, democrat from

kentucky, louisville area. injured himself in the first inning of last year's game, broke his foot. he's back behind the plate tonight. johnny olszewski will play left field for the democrats from baltimore. jimmy panetta playing center field, democrat from california, son of former defense secretary and congressman from california as well who used to play. pete aguilar, the shortstop, also will pitch tonight at some point. dan goldman, we have two goldmans, there's a goldman on the republican side, republican from new york, batting seventh. third base kevin mullin will be the d.h. from california. and mike levin, the democrat from california. he'll play right field. he will wear a padres uniform. greg steube on the bump tonight. he's. 25 innings pitched, 18 strikeouts. he's a force at the plate. certainly on the mound. kevin that's been one of the differences here, and mr. speaker as well. republicans the past couple of years have had a little deeper bench. a little more hitting talent.

a little more on the mound. mike: they have, they're excellent at it. steube trained with major league pitchers to up his game. and the president loves the story of his home run. president trump talks about it all the time. every time steube's name comes up. chad: he jacked it into the left field seats. mike: the president likes the replay. he can tell you every highlight of that game. he loves steube that he hit it. kevin: i shouldn't ask you that, but we got to take advantage. we look at the g.o.p. defense. we're looking at feenstra, finstad, huizenga, pfluger. rounding out the outfield, schmidt, ellzey, stutzman. latrell behind the plate. harrigan, d.h. mr. speaker, usually i breaking news on capitol hill. i'm talking to you. you have news to break to us. about this game. mike: you heard earlier, we broke two amazing records tonight. listen, you heard there were 30,000 tickets sold. the actual final number, i just

got it, is 30,310 ticks sold. this is like and mlb game. kevin: that's incredible. mike: the amount raised, final fall think, $2.793 million raised for charity. that's remarkable. 45 different charities supported. four college scholarships. we had over 100 sponsors involved in this game. it's an amazing thing. chad: one of the concerns, we talked about this the other day, off three-vote margin in the house of representatives. same rayburn, former speaker of the house, shut this game down for a while. mike: i understand that. chad: it's an issue of concern. mentioned mcgarvey getting hurt last year. the umpire at home plate was knocked over and hit his head badly. what's your thoughts on that? mike: i want to bubble wrap them all. chad: are you ok with the game? a former speaker sent the sergeant at arms to get the

members out of the field. mike: i love this game. it's great for sportsmanship but you'd be how strong the relationships are between the players on the field, r's and d's, across the board. kevin: first pitch for a strike. steube. chad: ruiz hitting two double, five r.b.i.'s, he's wearing the uniform of mount san jacinto junior college. another nice offspeed offer big bisteube. ruiz if you watched the games before, mr. speaker, he makes contact with some regularity and he is not bad on the base paths. mike: that's exactly right. he's pretty good shape. steube istoo. i mean i tell you what, he's ready for this. he looks forward to this game every year. kevin: chopper to second. not quite handled. what should have been a 4-3 out

is, i guess connect say reaching on an error, maybe a base hit. chad: i think it's reaching on an error. the republican manager said keep the ball in front of him. he did that. he said to make the easy plays. we said we need to keep people off the base paths. if you get the outs you're supposed to get, that's one of those here on the first bat of the game. i remember ruiz, you remember this, mr. speaker, first game that steve scalise came back after the shoot, he hit the ball right at scalise on the first pitch and scalise got him out at first base. mike: it was like a movie. incredible. he threw it. got the out. went out of the game. it was downhill from there. kevin: high offering by steube there, to deluzio, 1-0. deluzio a .714 batting average. wearing the uniform of the u.s. naval academy jolly rogers. that will advance the runner. this is one of the issues in

rules. so you don't have stolen bases. they can lead off. but if it's a wild pitch or pass they can advance. the umpire at second base, this is -- he's the umpire of these games for 30 years. congressional game, 30 years. he sent ruiz back. he's a veteran at this. mike: i understand that instinct though. just a bit off the plate. 3-0. kevin: i was going to ask you, mr. speaker, i know i shouldn't, but do you do an impression of the president? you talk to him all the time? do you do a trump when you're not around the president. mike: kevin i don't know what you're talking about that fantastic game. this is huge. look at all these people. this is america. kevin: absolute gold. good stuff. ball four to delosee. two on. not what roger williams wanted. i talked to linda sanchez before

the game, you know, senator alex padilla was supposed to play first base. he went back to los angeles because of the riots there. they have gil cisneros in the lineup there. he will not hit. kevin mullin will hit d.h. he has a gimpy knee here. linda sanchez said she was disappointed, padilla was expected to pitch at some point, said he was throwing the best he's ever seen, really worked at it. that probably is -- undercuts the democratic squad this year. also that question of stealing. chad: five straight balls thrown by steube. that one out of play. 1-1. mike: what do you think about the democrats with differing jerseys? i don't know. i look like -- i like the republican red. kevin: this morning they came in, at-batting practice, 7:00, they had blue uniforms. mike levin, playing right field,

he said this is almost offensive to me. it's like dodgers union forms. chad: nice pitch by steube. 1-2. mike: i do like this navy. my son just finished his first year at the naval academy. chad: we have several service academies represented. jack ellzey in center field. mike: top gun pilot. was your son in rotc in high school? mike: he applied and got in on his own merit. they didn't even know what family he was from. johnson you can get away with that. they were like, that kid didn't say who his father was. he made the varsity boxing team as a freshman. i said is on they have a rowing team, you understand, you don't break your face. no, dad.

kevin: no, dad, i want to hit people. struck him out. first k of the night. as mcgarvey is headed back to the dugout. looked like a little framing there by luttrell. some of the democrats last year thought that they were getting squeezed on some of the pitches a little bit. they were very frank to me about that. in particular deluzio pitching, he of course just struck out. chad: still two aboard for the democrats. olszewski. he has power. batting cleanup for the democrats. outside with that offering. 1-0. i talked about him in the open there. if you look at his campaign ads. they're fascinating. because johnny olszewski goes by johnny o. all the people in his ads in orioles caps. johnny o a baltimore oriole fan.

mike: that's what you call good marketing. kevin: swing and a miss, 1-1. chad: democrat, if they're going to have a chance in this game given the firing power republicans have, they need somebody like olszewski to produce. there's a lot of pressure on him. took a swing at that one. 1-2. steube once again in business. can i just ask you this, chad. kevin: you've seen several of these games. sometimes the democrats will jump out to a real nice lead. i just remember last year, i thought they were really looking strong early and the republicans reeled them in and of course went on to an easy victory. what are you feeling like tonight? chad: they ran out of gas. you start rolling that republican batting order over and over, it's tough. they needed somebody like olszewski to get these guys on. kevin: that's back-to-back k's by steube. apparently he's learned a little

something-something. mike: you mentioned the game last year, the final was 31-11. we did all right at the end of the game. kevin: you did. it went this way if you watched early, then you left, you know, get some popcorn or hit the fridge and came back, it was a blowout. like -- 31-11. and a lot of runs late actually too. mike: that's right. kevin: i said at one point in the broadcast, i said we have something i haven't seen in a while. we don't have anybody on base. chad: speaking of good baseball, how about the l.s.u. tigers. mike: they're awesome. how about the l.s.u. s. pilots. the l.s.u.-shreveport. they're undefeated. won the naia championship. and guess what, they're coming to the white house for their

visit. chad: good for them. i love that. things are change -- things have changed with that. i like the fact that now we're seeing the smaller divisions or what we used to call lower divisions get their fair due. you know. you're a champion. come on up. come see the president. take your victory lap at the white house. i love that stuff. good for them. mike: i got to announce it. they had a big rally in our festival, i couldn't make it, i was here for votes, but i called in and said guess what, gentlemen, you're going to the white house. everybody cheered. it was awesome. kevin: this is jimmy panetta, center fielder for the democrats. mike: jim is a good fellow. kevin: his father, leon panetta, led the budget committee, was the f.b.i. director. he played in this game. he said it was one of the biggest thrills of his life going on to the field with his dad for the game.

and ladies and gentlemen, we have loaded bases. bearcats jersey right there. cincinnati bearcats perhaps. chad: so this is where democrats again really need to capitalize. we're going to have a runner here. this is where we talked about the runners here. bases loaded. two outs. pete aguilar. democratic shortstop. played everywhere last year. catcher. known for making create great contact. oh! robbed at third! what a play. mike: wow. kevin: great defense by august pfluger. goes to the bag, gets the run eric ends the in, gets out of the jam.

chad: absolutely awesome baseball. i told you we'd have some fun tonight. how about augie, what a move there. stab, dive, done. we're back with the bottom of the first after this. >> the annual congressional baseball game will resume in a moment. you're watching live coverage on c-span. >> there are many ways to listen to c-span radio, any time, anywhere. in the washington, d.c. area, listen on 90.1 f.m. use our free c-span now app, or go online to c-spanradio.org. on your smart speaker by simply saying play c-span radio. hear our live call-in program "washington journal" daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern. listen to house and senate proceed, committee hear, news conferences and other public affairs events live throughout the day and for the best way to hear what's happening in washington with fast paced

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little while ago in between my watching my great friends on c-span. >> c-span is televising this right now live. so we are not just speaking to los angeles. we are speaking to the country. kevin: welcome back, everybody. walk us through the battle order for g.o.p. chad: steve scalise will lead awful he will not run. he's a quasi-d.h. he survived that shooting at the congressional baseball practice back in 2017, nearly eight years to the day. william timmons who is a congressman from south carolina, he will run for him. randy feenstra will bat later as they roll their lineup over. he'll play first base. eric schmidt, republican senator from missouri, batting second. playing left field. august pfluger at third base. greg steube the pitcher he bats

fourth. jack ellzey in center field, republican of texas. morgan luttrell, catcher. finstad, the democratic representative from wisconsin. and marlin stutzman. and then bill huizenga, a 10th hitter playing shortstop from michigan. kevin: we'll see if the democrats can do what the g.o.p. did which is shut them down defensively if nothing else at the 11th hour. that was one heck of a play by august flyinger to wrap it up there to end the threat. bases loaded. and the top of the first. he made a terrific play at third. and so still no score on the board. and here we go with the g.o.p. leading off. it's the one and only steve scalise. chad: you see how they put timmons down in that track

stance. the are very careful to see if he leaves early on contact. kevin: 1-0. high offering. in there are if a called strike. 1-1. chad: timmons has done this as kind of this designated runner for a number of seasons now. he's never had an at-bat, kevin. kevin: scalise, a blooper there. one up, one down. chad: right to the shortstop, pete aguilar. so looking at how the democrats are aligned defensively here, morgan mcgarvey mind the plate. cisneros at first base. ruiz at at second. dan goldman of new york city at third base. olszewski at left. mike levin in right field. morgan mcgarvey. kevin: in there for another called strike. schmidt from missouri.

chad: he's been active. 4-7 in his career. .571 batting average. two doubles, one triple. kevin: 1-1. another one in there for a strike. one ball, two strikes. that's a really nice little piece of work there. if you're going to try to get it over the plate and you know you're not going to three 80, 90, just be patient. he reaches out for that one. he's going to touch down for a base hit. first hit of the night for the g.o.p. eric schmidt getting things going here in the bottom of the first. chad: this is the great play that august pfluger made to end the inning. kind of getting the democrats out of that rally. very important for the republicans with the bases loaded. and now he's coming to the plate and with the ducks on the pond here he might be able to get somebody. in that's the goal of the

republicans here. kevin: they played -- plated 31 last year. sure they'd love to have something like that again this year. just a bit outside. 1-0. chad: we talk about chris deluzio here, he got the loss in last year's game. had a 27.46 e.r.a. in 4 spent innings, two strikeouts. kevin: chopper foul, 0-2. chad: this is the problem for the democrats. when they started to go through this middle of the lineup here. pfluger, steube, schmidt. there's a lot there. this is where chris deluzio wore out last year. as you mentioned earlier, they kind of hung on rather well early on. good block there by mcgarvey. catcher. keeping the ball from going all the way to the back stop. kevin: heim not a navy guy, i

may have to reach out to delosee and see if i can get one of those. nice jersey there. that one is caught, going back to first, not in time to catch schmidt. two outs. jimmy panetta, the center fielder out there. moving rather well. you know, chad, i mentioned this. this is one of the real challenges, if you're not used to covering that kind of real estate it can be really daunting and you're doing your level best to get out there and make the plays. nicely donethere. chad: and look at how he really tracked that ball well, coming in, immediately going to first base, he knew where that play was to try to catch the base runner. kevin: inside. 1-0. chad: greg steube, probably the biggest weapon overall on the g.o.p. side. kevin: representing the 17th district, including sarasota, what an amazing town that is. that one outside2-0.

chad: steube can pitch. steube can hit. 9-18 in his career with a .500 batting average. kevin: that one comes in right on the hands and fouled out of play. looks like somebody got a nice little souvenir there. chad: steube, when he came back a couple of years ago, he had fallen off his roof and they weren't sure whether or not he'd be able to play. this was in the off-season. and he came back about six weeks later. he had serious injuries. was in the hospital for a bit. he didn't lose a step at all on the diamond. certainly none of his power. kevin: the 2-2. outside. full count.

what do you think of the new bats? chad: that's something i talked to the democrats about. they were wondering if there were certain bats the republicans might be use, not the torpedo bats but bats that aren't necessarily legal at other levels of the game. they're watching that closely. kevin: steube draws a walk. bring up jack ellzey. center fielder. 4-13 in his congressional career. four games played. hitting .308. chad: he was the right fielder last year. blake moore, vice chair of the republican conference, usually played centerfield, got hurt. blake moore was actually playing in the congressional soccer game, there is such a thing, and a congressional basketball game, hockey game. he was playing goalie. hurt his shoulder. can't play. roger williams said he was going to fine blake moore $500 and blake moore, he might be, we

talked about steube's athleticism here. black moore is right up there. he won the heisman high school trophy back in 1997. kevin: that's legit. three straight shots right up near the helmet you see the smile there. chad: you have that in a big league game, weave different proposition here. kevin: here it gets a smile. not so much sometimes in the major leagues. skipper of the democrats there. 3-0. he goes for that high one. it's a slow dribbler. that could be trouble. it is trouble. chad: they throw it into the dugout, a first run will score for the g.o.p. deluzio, the pitcher, getting over to cover there that'll be a throwing error for the democrats on gil cisneros playing first base. before the game i talked to cisneros, i said when this is last time you played first base? it was supposed to be alex padilla.

he said last time played first base was in high school. he gets to the ball. close play at first. deluzio did a good job recovering there fired it into the dugout. raul ruiz also trying to get over there. that might be one, this is something that on the republican side roger williams talked about. he said don't make the throw if you don't have to. maybe that one they shouldn't have made the teleon. kevin: just like that, the g.o.p. out in front. 1-0. chad: unearned run. kevin: morgan luttrell, g.o.p. catcher. takes a look at that one. nibbles the outside of the plate0. -1. chad: luttrell 3-5 for an average of .600, a double and a triple. kevin: representing the eighth in texas. that was also in there for a strike. 0-2. nice offering there by deluzio.

chad: talked to luttrell the other day if there was any complacency by the g.o.p. after winning all these games by a wide margin. he said absolutely not. we are really not going to let off the gas. in fact he gave kind of a pep talk to the squad a couple of mornings ago. he said absolutely not. kevin: give morgan a little credit there, well done behind the plate to stab that one. chad: throwing the ball away, wild pitches, got him. kevin: fine piece of pitching there by chris deluzio shuts down the inning for the republicans. but not before they plate one. they lead 1-0. >> democracy. it isn't just an idea. it's a process. a process shaped by leaders. elected to the highest offices. and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. it's where debates unfold.

decisions are made. and the nation's course is charted. democracy in real time. this is your government at work. this is c-span. giving you your democracy, unfiltered. >> order. >> in a nation divided, a rare moment of unity. this fall, c-span presents "cease fire" where the shouting stops, and the conversation begins. in a tun where partisan fighting prevails, one table. two leaders. one goal. to find common ground. this fall, "ceasefire" on the network that doesn't take sides. only on c-span. >> looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy for you with our 2025 congressional

directory. get essential contact information for government officials, all in one place. this compact, spiral bound guide contains bioand contact information for every house and senate member of the 119th congress. contact information on congressional committees. the president's cabinet. federal agencies. and state governors. the congressional directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling and every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. scan the code on the right or go to c-spanshop.org to order your copy today. >> major league baseball to congress. how about this. chad: john tenner started thi game in 1909.

vin for pin mizell came to congress from north carolina. jim bunning throwing no hits for the both -- in this game. he used to play way back when. this is where they talk about this with the democrats. they had cedric rich monday who played in college, dominated. by the time buenning was pitching, his harm was shot. didn't give them much of an advantage there. kevin: you mention head grew up in a part of the country you grew up in. he played for the phillies but he's a reds fan. chad: i've seen him at reds games. kevin: dan goldman up for the democrats. jim bunning passing away a few queers ago. dan goldman. congressman representing lower manhattan, parts of brooklyn, brooklyn heights, playing third base tonight. chad: steube 1-0 with that

offering. in the first inning he threw 22 pitch, 12 strike, 10 balls that one nibbling the outside of the plate. 1-1. kevin: dan goldman two games played, he doesn't have a hit in this contest. chad: i'll give you this. he's good at messaging. when you talk to him he's very disciplined. see how well he can be disciplined at the mate here. steube is wily. kevin: he's not the only goldman in the game tonight. craig gelman, a freshman republican from texas. right over the plate. sends it high. that's three unassisted on the put out. feenstra at first base. iowa. catch there. chad: that'll bring up mullin. kevin: kevin mullin, h he made a

spectacular circus catch many left field. forced into action early that the game last year. wasn't expected to play much after morgan mcgarvey in left field got hurt. he's had three knee surgeries already this year. he has a torn meniscus and is due for his fourth knee surgery, he told me before the game, on july 31. this is where we have that ghost runner in the starting blocks behind home plate. he'll run for mullin. chad: swing and a miss, 0-1. you mentioned those knee surgeries. do you know what happened there? usually, i mean, i heard a lot of people who got knee replacement, had surgeries. they're really good at this sort of thing now. kevin: he had two infections. had an issue with a blood clot. had to get special permission to fly back to washington to vote against the republican budget framework back in february. you know, the democrats were trying to defeat this. they need every vote. they came close. that's how important it was. he told me flying back over

omaha he was starting to second-guess himself a little bit. chad: i bet he was. a good look there at eric swalwell the pinch runner there. kevin: swalwell, a democrat from the bay area, he's played in this game number of years. chad: one out already for the democrats at the top of the second. that one over the plate, out into the stands. still 1-2. kevin: that's the thing where it's hard to keep track of who is in and who is out. talked about the democrats having nine hitters, republicans 10. pinch runners you can put in. this ghost runner here. kind of like a track meet. chad: every little bit helps. chopper wide of the line. that's foul territory. kevin: swalwell coming back here. chad: you know what's great,

doing a game with an old reds fan. we can talk about that battering. kevin: indeed. johnny bench. gary nolan. pete rose. i was there the night rose broke cobbs' record. september 11, 1985. chad: i loved tony perez growing up. he's struck out looking. third strikeout of the night for steube. kevin: it's almost like retiring there. swalwell and mullin head back to the dugout there. look at how steube delivers the ball there almost dragging his right leg. almost tom sever style there. not quite the dirt on the leg there. but again, very fluid motion. i think that's the difference. control is something that he is known for. chad: if i were going to pitch i'd be more like luis tiant. kevin: get dizzy with that. chad: trying to go get that one.

not quite enough track speed to track it down. foul ball, 0-1. kevin: stutzman in right field. he used to play. was out of congress for several years. you mentioned luis tiant and the reds, the reds won that 1995 world series against the red sox. but tian shut out the big red machine 6-0. chad: you know what else i love about old school baseball, not just the facial hair but sometimes the afros. can a brother get a gamble, get an oscar gamble really quick. you think the bosses at fox would let me rock that? chad: one of the classic baseball cards there mark levin is a padres fan. this morning the democrats had the uniforms for batting practice. big fan of tony gwynn. i asked him last night. i said you going to have contemporary padres uniforms? which is what he had. go back to theday winfield,

randy jones, kind of the mustard and brown the late 1970's, early 1980's. chad: sure. one of our fine feathered friends taking in the action there. chad: we have to invoke the bird rule if you know the reference with budget reconciliation in the senate there. chad: gets under that one. should be six unassisted and it is. three up, three down. still 1-0. g.o.p. coming up in the bottom of the second. >> this show, c-span is one of the few places in america where you have the left and right coming together to talk and argue. >> i love c-span that's why i'm here today. >> answer questions all day every day. sometimes i do fun things like go on c-span. >> c-span is one of the few

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"ceasefire." where the shouting stops and the conversation begins. in a town where partisan fighting prevails, one table, two leaders, one goal, to find common ground. this fall. "ceasefire" on the network that doesn't take sides. only on c-span. kevin: and welcome back to the 90th congressional baseball game for charity you see the man right there in the middle of your screen of course is the speaker of the house of representatives. speaker johnson. who joined us earlier here in the broadcast booth. aving a great time out there. and there's more greeball to be had. baseball night in america. my favorite rivalry in all of sport, yankees and red sox

coming your way at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on fox and also the padres and the diamondback, we talked about the padres earleier with mike levin's uniform. the old mustard and brown huh. finstad leading off for the republicans. the second baseman. committed an error back in the first inning. before the game, his son is playing for newal. cathedral high school. and they won in the minnesota state championship game. not the final game today. but they won 6-2. he pitches tomorrow in the semifinal. he had a single and a triple. some colleges are looking at his son. jake finstad jr. chad: how about that. perhaps a chip off the old block. gets underneath that one.

could be in no man's land. indeed it's going to fall in there. kevin: aguilar going back. in the infield. olszewski fields it, gets it become to the infield. getting that leadoff batter on. chad: that was a valiant effort by aguilar. didn't quite get there. but i would score that a hit for sure. kevin: he started, as soon as he turned his back, that's a hard, over the shoulder, willie mays style catch to make there. always tough when you get your leather on that. chad: so close. he did give it a shot. that's what we call a good bit of work behind the plate for mcgarvey to hang on to this one. kevin: this is pat harrigan, freshman republican, rookie as we say in congressional terms. he's the d.h. he's somebody who roger williams told me expects to use a lot. might not be quite the same level of hitter as steube or some of these guys.

but an up and coming prospect as they would say. he can pitch a little bit. and you know who roger williams compared him to? chad: who? kevin: rhineodon. a guy who pitched back in the 1950's and 1960's. threw absolute smoke. kevin, there's an example where the runner is allowed to advance. that's a wild pitch. kevin: yeah. chad: no stealing. that gets through the catcher. so the runner advances. and so roger williams, he played for the braves' farm system back in the early 1970's. used to bring in baseball players, old baseball players to speak to congress. remember he brought in brooks robinson, a gold glover, famous gold glover for the baltimore orioles to talk to these guys. outfield and third base. which means he's got a rifle

arm. kevin: those third basemen can really line it up. i used to have a buddy, like in college, man, he could pitch. he didn't have the control of paetscher but he could throw it. chad: that's what i was starting to say with ryan. he could throw a million miles and hour. he had coke bottle glasses. this is something roger williams was talking about. not many would get that. you never quite knew where the ball was going. this is where deluzio is starting to lose some control. this is marlin stutzman. he pitched as i said back for the republicans when he was in congress before. 2-4 lifetime here with a .500 batting average. kevin: indiana's third. covering fort wayne. chad: he was in congress and back in 2014 you had eric cantor, the majority leader,

unexpectedly lose his primary. there was a race for the whip position after kevin mccarthy became the leader he moved up one. it was between marlin stutzman, steve scalise, and pete roskam, who was a republican from illinois. stutzman lost. roskam lost. steve scalise won. he's been in leadership ever since. kevin: maybe we get a bag out there for deluzio. it is humid. i think at the start of the contest it was right around 46% humidity. you start working up a little sweat there and that can affect your control. chad: this is where the democrats had high hopes to bring in senator alex padilla to pitch a little bit. he went back to california, as we said, because of the unrest in los angeles. talked about how just -- just how well he was throwing the ball. they have another option in the bullpen besides pete aguilar who threw a staggering 126 pitches

last year. i think they might have dr. frank job on the hotline there throwing that many pitches. tough break there. tries to make the throw. runners advance but they get the out. he lacked to third base. here comes linda sanchez. she's talking to morgan mcgarvey here. time-out called. kevin: got to love the jersey she's rocking right now in. honor of the great fernando valens way lamb. chad: got it right there, didn't get the play through to cisneros at first. linda sanchez, you mentioned that valenzuela jersey there, she was a partisan of the then-california angels. and then when nolan ryan went from the angels free agency in 1979 to the houston astros she changed her allegiance to the dodgers and then fernando mania

took over. you know. something very important to the mexican american community. chavez ravine with the history there. dodger stadium. kevin: elle toro. that's a well hit ball. that'll fall in for a base hit. that means more runs across the plate for the g.o.p. they played a pair on that base hit and it's now 3-0, republicans. chad: bill huizenga, republican shortstop hitting there. this is where the republican order gets a little bit -- they have 10 hitters here. he got that, as they say, hit it where they ain't. short center field. it's unplayable for ruiz. he was kind of running over to cover. looked like a little confusion at second base. between aguilar and ruiz. this is randy feenstra. this is where they roll over the top of the order.

back last inning you had steve scalise hit. he won't hit anymore. so it kind of locked in as a quasi, you know, d.h. this is randy feenstra, the first baseman. who is hitting in this spot. he'll stay in that spot for the rest of the game, hitting first. kevin: from the great state of iowa. council bluffs. i have never met an iowan i didn't like. tremendous state. chad: i'm from ohio. when i moved here i said, people said where are you from? i said i'm from ohio. they said out here we pronounce that iowa. kevin: well played. whenever i talked to bill, our broadcast buddy, another ohioan. i always say, o-h. chad: he went to miami of ohio. that one wide to the right side

there. one ball, two strikes. that one inside. takes a swing in it. should be an easy play. it is not an easy play. could have been. four unassisted. instead a runner advance. kevin: take a second look at that one. this is what i mean by it's tougher than you realize. it's a very big ballpark. if you're used to playing recreationally you get in a major league ballpark. a lot of real estate to cover. chad: and this is twice here where the democrats have gotten their glove on a ball. this happened to aguilar last inning. ruiz playing second base. same thing happened. bring up think big gun, eric schmidt. kevin: tough break. that one rockets down the left-field line.

that one is going to the corner. that will easily plate one. perhaps two here comes the runner. trying to make his way. in not in time to the plate but at third, got him. kevin: great throw into third base. they get smith. the run scores. they nail him at third. gets the r.b.i. double, not a triple. kevin: little show-many, and he showed them. chad: dan goldman, good throw in. take another look. just barely fair. olszewski does a good job getting it back. looked like he'd go to second base. think he threw to the right cutoff man. they got it to third base. right there. putting the tag on too. kevin: excellent judgment. knew where to go with the baseball.

picks up the out at third. two down. chad: august pfluger. flew out last time. 0-1. showing bunt there briefly. they call a strike. that was a little bit low. mcgarvey turned his mitt upside down. usually they won't give you that call. the home plate umpire gave him the strike. chopper there. that should be 6-3. end of the inning. and it is. but not before the republicans strike once again. end of two. 5-0, g.o.p. >> join c-span for live coverage of the u.s. army's 250th anniversary parade and celebration saturday from washington, d.c. commemorating june 14, 1775. the historic date when the continental congress established the continental army and laid

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this is a type of play the democrats need. a bit of a collision. greg the 30 year veteran umpire of congressional baseball game. >> i am going to give him credit for bringing him up but i would love to see that and super slow. that was a bang bang play. you may have been safe. >> in baseball if they have an argument they call it a rhubarb good in this game they call it a peeling the ruling of the chair. >> ahhhh, well played. whooooo. not quite. safe. bad throw. off the bag there from the shortstop. adam dead to rights. add time. for throw up the right-field line. >> let's go back and look at the

last play. see? i think he is in there. hard slide by schmidt. >> great stuff by the folks in the booth. thank you all for that. >> called strike. >> the one thing i wonder about. it is a warm night and they are in every play. these are not professional athletes. just how much this wears them down especially when it comes to hitting. >> that is the kind of swing you like to see. mcgarvey not leaving anything to chance. i respect a battery says i am up here, let's play ball. let's see what he offers here.

he gives off a rocket down the right-field line. >> has a long way to run. his going for three. >> bruits is going to score and he is in the air. >> democrats are on the board. a triple by morgan mcgarvey. an rbi for him. just fare down the right-field side. at a long way to run. >> don't play. just get out there and let 'er rip. >> he even stumbled a little bit coming out of the box. men and women in blue. doing a hopscotch. big i-5 as former congressman ed

perlmutter who is coaching third base for the democrats tonight. a little welcome from the opposing pitcher. this is the heart of the democratic order. >> that was in on the inside corner. >> didn't like that call. >> that is the thing about baseball. at a certain point you start to figure out what the ump is going to call and should've expected that one. gets underneath it. could be out of play. we will see. indeed it is. >> at any level they will tell you they just want to understand what the strike zone is.

make it consistent. shakespeare would say just death. the bar. >> mortal bart. well played. >> 12 from stooping. he gets them looking. big strike out morgan mcgarvey down third base. >> did not like that call but that is a beautiful back door. >> i talked to chris deluzio after the game where he was frustrated as the picture. didn't think he was getting the calls. didn't think he is getting the calls here as well.

up by the second basement and that is how you wrap them up. two down. well done. second out. jimmy as i mentioned earlier is father. >> dad has run the cia as well. well respected inside the beltway. 5- gop. democrats looking to get another one across the plate.

they would love to get this one. 2-0. that one block. if you know you have a dangerous hitter may just nibble around the edges a little. >> he is somebody they expect that type. he has played for a long time. takes it very seriously. i would not give him one good read. let's see what happens. instead he does just that. >> you want to kind of compare these guys to what you might see in the minor leagues or the majors. stu b throws about 70-ish give

or take care. as may be up in the 80's. you know the guy who was hard to hit. he was not a professional baseball player but an nfl hall of famer. >> catcher interference is call right here. and that is going to send the batter write down the first. >> that is where they thought the home plate umpire ruling the republican catcher's glove got up with the batter. jimmy panetta applauds and heads down to first base. >> sure did. >> just nipped at the end of that bat. the ump agrees. he is now at first. still to down. >> the other thing that is interesting to watch is whether they hold on the runners. there is no stealing but you can still throat of first base and

-- we have not seen an issue would be so-called 18 second clock here in the game. 1-1 is the count and it looks like someone else is over there at first. >> he is a freshman. he is from alabama and he is in a hank aaron uniform representing mobile. the hometown of hank aaron, hall of famer. also might wear a satchel paige jersey. this is his first congressional baseball game. of course hank started his career with milwaukee and then finished with the atlanta braves and then played for the milwaukee brewers in the mid-70's. >> well hit ball.

that will make its way into centerfield. the runner will hold and we have runners aboard now first and second. all of this happening with two outs as a democrats begin to threaten. >> just under the glove of bill huizinga. just gets past the glove onto left field and advances the runners. pete aguilar at first and he is going to get a runner as well. we have one pinch runner in. jamaal figures from alabama running at second base. his jared moskowitz democrat of florida with the marjorie's to jersey. that is where they had that mass shooting but that is a serious baseball team down there. they have won six out of 10 state titles. >> you better believe it. beautiful parklet up in broward. a great part of town.

>> all these pinch runners are not drinking any brewskis. these guys are lean. first career game for moscowitz. >> that when in the dirt. >> this is not what roger williams wants to hear. looked like they were going to get out of that inning. had that dynamic put out third base. this is not a regular game where you get down in the account and it is really a problem for you. here you still have a chance later in the count. so it is a little different

because of the inconsistency of the pitching sometimes. >> goldman has a pretty good stick and a 3-1 here. if he is not careful he can easily drive home two. and he got the green light. swing in a mess. that was too good to pass up. >> may be getting on the back foot. that is something for the democrats when they had some speed they cannot steel this year. got him. goldman did not like that call at all. fanning the edge of the plate and stu b is rolling. 5-2 is our score as we head to the bottom of the third inning. this is the congressional baseball game on fox.

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>> welcome back to the congressional baseball game. 2018, you remember this. oh my goodness. i don't remember a more emotional time than watching this ballgame right here. what a play. 5-2 is our score as we bring you to the bottom of the third inning. welcome inside. how do you feel when you see that? >> it is a magic moment. a year today before i was shot.

it is a little to my right. i don't have balance so i go to the ground and a make the throw. the place went nuts. i better get up now or i'm going to be mounted. >> that moment was so emotional. such a great time. even now i love that and i am so happy that happened because -- if i wrote a movie and said this is how it is going to go they would reject that script. >> it was on the first pitch no less. right-handed batter just straight over. at least i made the play. president trump called the next morning and said he was watching the game. i was like i can imagine what would happen if i didn't make that play.

he started again tonight and gave me a hug. shows the camaraderie of everyone. it was a release for all of us. put that in the background. it is a new game. >> whenever you get a chance to come out here and compete, it is bigger than just a game itself. it is sharing and caring for our community in the area. it is also nice for the camaraderie to p -- who cares what is happening in the dome building over there. >> you have your partisan moments but everybody here comes together. >> wow.

you had that ball in short left field. he makes a diving catch. >> he has been playing hard all night and he caught a break there. >> great quiet. >> we fight over issues on the floor but this brings people together. it is a lot of youth groups in d.c., people we are helping and giving scholarships to and you get to meet a lot of the people we are able to help sort puts it into perspective and you get to play in a big league ballpark. his fox sports paying you extra? >> you have to have a coat and

tie to get into the speaker's lobby as you know. of course this is a walk here but let's look at that. >> look at those numbers. you have almost 30,000 people in the park. washington nationals is a great organization. but major league baseball has told us, we have more people in the stands here then over half the teams playing tonight in major league baseball. guy's were making tens of millions of dollars. it shows you the whole community in d.c. and all the people who work on that hill, they cheer and yell and scream and boo people and it is all great but we do it for a great cause and it raises a lot of money. >> what did you watch growing up? >> i am a saints fan. lsu is in the college world series.

rooting for my tigers. i grew up a saints fan in new orleans and we didn't have a baseball team. i fell in love with the game and i met a lot of friends through this and you build really strong relationships and it kind of get your mind off it. we practice at 6:00 a.m. so it is a good way to start the morning. >> you have the minor-league zephyrs for a little while. >> rolling rock expressed down in texas. used to be the zephyrs in louisiana. we love it. >> feel like that one is going to be an easy three unassisted and indeed it is. talk a little about what it was like when you first came back to practice. >> i was in the hospital 3.5

months i had a lot of rehab and i had to learn how to walk again. when i got out of the hospital i wanted to go back to the ballfield where the shooting happened to get it behind me. i did not want to wonder about what happened. rearview mirror and look straightforward. i had a lot i had to focus on to get better. i went out there with the capitol police officer who saved me and everyone else on the ballpark and they put their line -- lives on the line for us. there was a blood trail about 20 feet long. he told me about things i never even saw. was good to get it behind me and then we moved on and went back again. >> that will end the threat. so great to have you with us. >> thanks. >> back after this.

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>> nice shot of the lincoln memorial. this is fox sports presentation of the 90th congressional baseball game for charity. welcome inside nationals park. we have been joined by more than 30,000. looking like it might get close up to 40,000 as the gop is currently in the lead 5-2. >> as you look around the crowd sometimes you see the partisans of chris deluzio the democratic pitcher here. having a pittsburgh pirates look. here you have the johnny o's and the orioles orange or john walsh sk. easier to see looking a little like dodger below. there is a big democratic contingent from california on this team.

here is another californian making his debut. freshman democrat. he spells his name min. he told me if they had a walkoff song you know it would be? it's raining "min", true story. >> that one is over the place. >> he is one of the new players for the democrats that they have high expectations for a. this is the thing with the democrats. not a uniform for them. representing orange county. >> my part of the state. absolutely great. takes a hard swing at that one and that one barely drifts foul.

>> still an 0-2. gop jumping out to a 5-0 lead earlier but the democrats are now only down 5-2. they would love to get a little closer here in this inning. base hit right up the middle. >> absolutely hit it right up the middle. that was exactly over the second base bag. dave mann has a perfect batting average in his first congressional baseball game. in a pitch a little high out of the zone. as the backflip down. he might be a freshman. we have a conversation here between sanchez and the home plate umpire. not quite sure what that was about what she was pointing out

the first baseman on something. i wonder if there is a question. >> could be. i think maybe uc irvine taking a look. let's see that backflip one more time. >> he may need to practice that a little bit. >> he took off right away. another californian looking to drive him in. min representing the anteaters. >> you look at the jersey numbers. some of them relate to their congressional districts they represent. if they are higher they get into the 50's. >> here comes the 0-2.

looking to pick up another strike out and he has another one. he is absolutely mowing them down. >> that was a little on the outside of the plate. really wanted that one. min, that picture is up and out of the strike zone but that was not the same case here. >> the thing is it is really hard sometimes to lay off when they are up around the letters like that and even when you know it is going slightly out of the zone you just feel like if i make contact that thing is going down the right field line and then you are looking at extra bases. instead he is out andrew eaves is back up. >> queuing one the other way. runner safe at first. they will take it.

>> dropped it for a second to shortstop and this will bring up the aforementioned morgan mcgarvey. >> if you're a fan you happy that at least he still went right. >> they turned it pretty quickly. >> that is the right call and he pulled it off and he sort of mowed down the runner at second so they will take it. >> this is also where you are starting to see some of the other players get into the game. we talk about them getting in. roger williams the republican manager has not yet started to go into his bench here. chuck fleischmann from tennessee. republican senator from iowa. maybe people will come in defensively. 5-2 is a relatively tight

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humor. i know we had the president's race. wouldn't it be fun if they would change it up a little and put more contemporary presidents? george w. bush. obama. bill clinton. >> get a little trump in there. >> that one good for a strike. 1-1. back in the game after an eight year hiatus. >> i mentioned earlier may be get bag out there to keep the hand strong because after you have been playing for a while it gets a little humid in the nation's capital and you are running and chasing down balls and working in between innings that so little hot. one of the things they talk to me about is there is this adrenaline. you are in front of your families and on national

television. they are on the big-league diamond. that is kind of the x factor. that gets them revved up and sweating, anxiety. that is the thing, who handles that type of pressure. you have three decks here. absolute robbery. aguilar again. he made up for the early gaff and he has been lights out since about the second inning. >> another full extension. that was ripken-esque. >> so far we know who might be defensive player of the game. pete aguilar. >> called strike. >> maybe we can have a gold

glover is sides. that is the gold standard on the democratic side of the aisle. swing in a mess. >> does two good plays make up for one? one really outstanding play. >> i don't know if we have a really good gauge of how many people are here tonight. but i think we are north of 30,000 here tonight. a lot of people milling around. a lot of people still kind of wandering in. they don't have additional batting practice. there is a lot of security here for obvious reasons. big strikeout.

>> second k of the night much-needed as he handcuffed him here. there was some movement on that. yeah. the first baseman again. the anomaly in the republican lineup. police leading off. locked into that position. >> reaching on an error. did come across the plate for one of the five runs for the gop. that one falls off. paints the outside of the plate. >> what we think of that jersey? he wore the pirates uniform last year with jolly roger on the arm

sleeve. >> i gotta tell you, i have a bunch of jerseys i kind of collected. i may have to go get one of those navy jerseys. that is sharp. i like the hat too. we talked about the service academies represented here. >> let's see if he can get out of trouble here. democrats down by three runs. would love to close the frame and he does that. picks up another strikeout in the process and that is after four. a three run read through the gop. announcer: c-span radio anytime,

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presentation of the congressional baseball dam. top of the inning coming your way. little conference. >> they usually call that a huddle but in congressional terms they call it a conference committee by the democrats. >> somebody who knows just a bit about burning the cats. it is so good to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. >> great to see you my man. obviously eighth new york out of brooklyn. for all of us who get a chance to watch the action on the field it is a lot of fun because it is a lot of rancor sometimes here but for a night this is fantastic. >> no doubt about it. i played in the game i think for nine years and it was always a wonderful experience. the camaraderie in the practice

and we would practice for months and then of course the game between democrats and republicans was a wonderful opportunity. ground rule double. >> that bounced into the stands i think. democrats might have preferred not to go all the way to the ball but a big knock to lead off the inning. getting congratulations from the republican second baseman. >> are you the good luck charm? >> we are keeping it real tight right now and he has done a great job on the mound and that was probably going to be a triple at it not bounced into the stands. >> what is the best part of playing this game? you can see the crowd. this community likes seeing america's leaders have good-natured fun. >> does offer a great cause.

baseball is america's pastime and that is wonderful in and of itself. you be able to do it democrats and republicans coming together to play. the spirit of composition but we also raise usually a million dollars for local charities and that is a wonderful thing. >> what has it been like to have some of these newcomers? >> big johnny drove around in on the ground out. he is getting adjusted. this is his first game but looks like an intimidating presence behind the mound and if he can knock in a couple of runs. right now we still have aguilar as a picture to come in. he has been doing a great job at shortstop. >> maybe they will change

pictures and a little bit. >> going to run him back there. he jumps off the base again there. williams staring on trying to understand. >> i know you represent brooklyn and a lot of people like yourself would say he must be a yankee fan. or you must be a mets fan. or maybe a giants fan. but going way back the dodgers were quite the rage in brooklyn and one player in particular that you adore. >> jackie robinson. very proud of the fact that jackie robinson who broke the color barrier in america's pastime and did it in april of

1947 as a player for the brooklyn dodgers in my hometown. it is a wonderful thing. of course the dodgers were a beloved team. broke a lot of people's hearts when they left but the legacy of jackie robinson will be with us forever. >> you have a photograph in your office of that famous home plate in the 1955 world series sliding in the air. yogi bear the catcher for the yankees. seven strikeouts. here is that moment from the 55 series. jackie robinson coming home, stealing home. talk about that in the culture of american and baseball, the importance of brooklyn. you have that hanging proudly behind your desk. >> jackie robinson was a trailblazer and a good man. he served in the military, was a

patriotic man, cared deeply about this country. so dignified. the reason why of course the number 42 has been retired across major league baseball. why he is also honored each and every year at the same time by all the teams across the league and that is a wonderful thing. >> if you have a chance go to lower manhattan. i was in gramercy a few weeks ago. absolutely stunning collection of photographs and memorabilia celebrating jackie in of course his beautiful wife. >> what a powerful couple they were. >> she spoke at the national press club 1997. 50 years to the day. quite a moving presentation. >> 50 years to the day. you pointed out the dodgers left and pete aguilar at the plate is a big dodgers fan and of course they are now out in los angeles.

some folks became yankees fans some became mets fans. i'm a yankee fan. but i do represent the coney island brooklyn cyclones which is a minor league team for the mets. >> i have been to those games right by the amusement park. >> it is a beautiful minor league stadium. >> people don't realize other than spring ball i love to go to spring training that's one of my favorite things to do you can get out and see great baseball and it is inexpensive and you really develop an absolute passionate love for the game. whether you go to coney island or tucson it is a lot of fun. it is more than the american pastime. it really is for so many people family history making. you know who played for the brooklyn cyclones? tom suozzi the democratic congressman from new york. his son jos was he. >> i saw him play a few times. >> great to see you my friend.

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>> washington, d.c.'s and you see the washington monument and jefferson memorial. 5-2 bottom of the fifth inning coming your way. the gop out in front. as we bring you the 90th congressional baseball game for charity. not too shabby. he has given up five runs but truth be told he has actually done fairly well here tonight. >> you wonder how many pages he is going to have and the democrats might be able to go with him a little longer. senator alex padilla was supposed to play first base and may be in in relief. they have someone who can come in besides pete aguilar blew

through more than 100 pitches last year. you certainly had john manion who is the democratic freshman and locked them right there. >> that is going to be a hit batter. >> schmidt just took a little ball to the backside there. let's go down to annie mae who has more on a very interesting opportunity for him to do something different in baseball. >> if you have been tuning into the mlb lately the biggest thing has been the torpedo bat. a bat with an elongated barrow. he sat part of the bat that generates the most contact redistributes the weight from the end of the bat to about six or seven inches below the tip. kind of looking like a boling pin or a torpedo but the moral of the story is eric schmitt practicing with that leading up to the game and organizers

telling us they got four bats made for the game. two for the republicans and two for the democrats. keep our eyes peeled down here to see if it is effective and if we are seeing that bat. >> great stuff. sophomore republican member from arizona. you want to get that data world? >> i will take anything. i haven't been in a batting cage in a long time. >> cannot say enough about morgan mcgarvey. >> we talked about whether or not there was a pitch count on the lucio. he plucked schmidt. maybe they go to john manion democrat from new york freshman. not quite but awfully close. an excellent effort.

he says that was on me. they always tell you to do the same thing. you have to try to stop because your momentum will drag you all the way out and once it happens it is easy. he knows exactly what to do. they always tell you you have to hit the brakes. don't keep sliding because that is what happens when you do. >> might have been able to get him had the ball been back past second base or even parallel. >> you can see the buckets of sweat pouring off of them. >> a beautiful night for us up here but it is a little humid up here. >> the question is do they use the physical bullpens.

>> that is a tough play. the ball is very easily lost in the light. a lot of real estate to cover. if you are not used to playing in a field like this you don't make the play is the way you might in a smaller ballpark and that is going to put runners in very good position. >> on the corners right now. a couple of meters short. the democrats got a little bit of an advantage. he got all the way over to third. but only a single in the ball day get past him. that was not a sharply hit ball. >> absolute rocket. that is going to bring home at least one and make it 6-2 as that makes its way into left field and the republicans once

again stretch the lead. >> first and second j kelce on at first base. centerfielder. >> the thing is if you're going to go for it to give it everything you've got. he was patient with that ball. got right down there to try to make sure he made that contact. he did and it pays dividends. now with two on for the gop and a four run lead another heart chopper he by the third baseman. he is going to tag him out but that is not going to end the threat. two down, runners at first and second. >> the third base umpire might have called him out anyway.

>> that is william timmons. in all the years he has played -- that one should be foul and it is. in all the years william timmons has played he has never had an at-bat. he is truly a designated runner. i have another name for you here. herb washington. kind of a product of charlie finley. 1974 they won that world series. never had an at-bat. that is definitely going to advance the runners. now you're looking at second and third. is where things really get dicey. >> you don't need to be herb washington to advance their. he was a track star, more than 30 steals never at-bat. he was a true designated runner.

there you go. anybody could have moved up on that. look at how many steals he has. 14. that is getting into that herb washington territory. there was a guy the pirates had, not as prominent but that alexander was a little bit in that category. sometimes that raw speed does not translate necessarily. you remember lam jones for the new york jets. >> chopper going to make its way into left field and drive home two. no chance to get to the plate and make it now 8-2 gop. >> this is what happened last year. linda sanchez at the top of the

steps saying maybe she should make a pitching change. a new phase in the game is the pinch runner. he has played before. did not play last year. those are the sliding gloves he is putting on there. they were supposed to have only one pinch runner. some of these rules in the congressional game are not necessarily rules, they are suggestions. which is sometimes the way congress operates. they will not gavel you down necessarily at that moment that your time has expired on the floor. there is a little bit of leeway. another freshman year. the 1-1. >> you have to feel for him.

frankly that was a really nicely hit ball, that last one. >> he might have gotten out of danger giving up just the one run but instead a laser down the right-field line suddenly you are down 8-2in the bottom of the fifth. the one thing we talked about the rules changes. the face of the game is better than it was years ago. not as much throwing the ball around the infield. got him right in the noggin. ouch. you could hear that all the way up here. >> that happens. it has happened to all of us at one point or another. this is what we were talking about. sometimes, they can get away from you. >> clunk.

you heard it right there, kevin. doesn't mean it doesn't hurt even with the helmets. >> still a pair on. all of this damage with two on as the republicans look to build on the six run lead. stutzman up. >> you know what i'm amazed by the next morning, just how sore the members are. i see them hobbling around. significant injuries some of them have had. baseball, it is different muscles. you could be a runner, maybe not have those skills and muscles translate to baseball. >> reaches out to touch that one and that could be real trouble, and it is. that will almost make it to the warning track and the gop is adding to the lead. one run easy and, second one coming in, make it 10-2 republicans. >> that was blake moore pinch

running loose -- who scores the run. on the stutzman double. he got hurt in the congressional soccer game, might have seen how he was coming around the base cradling his left arm. solid knock by stutzman0moore said he didn't -- he kept stutzman to two bags and not a triple. he said he would probably be able to play or at least run, it was the shoulder injury. he could golf but he couldn't put away the dishes at home which he said went over really well with his wife. >> i love that story. >> i don't golf so i don't have that problem at home. i just might not put the dishes away, kevin. i don't know. >> i love that story.

>> john moolenaar, from michigan, he has played before. 5-14 in his congressional career, nine games, .35 average, nine double and two rbis. deluzio needs a break. he gets that one over the plate. >> i talked earlier, do they use the physical bullpen? there is milling around in the republican bullpen on the right side. they might bring in pflueger or schmidt to pinch -- to pitch. maybe, the way steube is been mowing them down they haven't needed that. a free pass as the struggle continues for the democrats. here comes linda sanchez. >> you have to give deluzio

credit. played as well as could be expected, hit the ball well, got a couple tough breaks and that looks like that maybe it for his evening. >> coming to the mount, linda sanchez, she takes the ball. we'll take a moment to take a quick break. 10-2 and we are back after this. >> on c-span, it is one of the few places left in america where you have left and right coming together to talk and argue. you guys do a great service. >> i love c-span. that's why i'm here. >> sometimes we get to do fun things like go on c-span. >> one of the few places americans with >> c-span has a distinguished, honorable and important mandate and mission in this country.

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inning. they are leading 10-2. we are with you tonight, let us look inside the numbers as steube gets to relax. >> five innings, five hits, seven strikeouts and again, that was the difference here. this was the plan, to have greg steube on the mound. a couple pages got squeezed, that is one mike levin really wanted back. that one a little bit outside i think. stu b might have gotten the call. but this was the plan by the gop skipper to have him go five innings, greg steube, and then bring in pflueger. >> he knows how to paint the corners. sometimes you need the right call, the right empire. otherwise you get away with it. give credit where credit is due,

at a certain point you can't take chances and he had terrific offspeed stuff tonight. he winds up with seven strikeouts and leaves with his team in front 10-2. >> stuff was either something they could hit, greg stanton has played third for the democrats before, former mayor of phoenix into the game, veteran of this game. arizona forth, representing tempe. stanton started last year. >> how much of a challenge is it for the batters? you have gotten use to pfluger. -- you have gotten use to steube. >> e 3-8 in his congressional career. two rbis, the idea that you are

coming back in but maybe some of the jitters, maybe they calm down because you aren't getting into the game until later. the 0-2. by pfluger. nicely done. strong pitch from a straight up heat, eight strike out for the gop tonight. >> we talk about this being the congressional baseball game but there have been three presidents who played in this game. gerald ford was a house member from michigan, served as house minority leader george w. bush served in congress in the late 1960's, and president biden as a senator, played in the game his first year in congress, 1973. he faced pete domenici who was a senator from new mexico and played for the albuquerque dukes. didn't do well against him, saying pete domenici had some

motion on his pitches and biden said i took my whacks and hoped i made contact. president biden in fact played in the congressional baseball game. you know what uniform president biden war when he played? this is 1973. >> 1973? >> he wore a phillies uniform. number 46? >> is that right? >>. >> you can't make this stuff up. just a bit high. awfully close. it is 3-1 for min. >> you think about the numbers, there is a famous picture from the newspaper on capitol hill and there was a congressman from cincinnati, keeping. -- keating. johnny bench were number five for the cincinnati reds and this was in the early 1970's, so there is a picture from the rollcall archives and it says, keating 5.

not until the 1980's, late 1980's, early 1990's, you had the famous scandal, the keating five, john mccain, john glenn. so sometimes we numerology here on the diamond. >> that is incredible. >> tim kennedy into the game. he had just been a member a couple months last year, winning a special election, succeeding brian higgins from buffalo. he is pinch running. he took quite a shiner in the congressional baseball practice this year. had quite a welt. tim kennedy batting, not running. he got caught last year, came into the game into a wild rundown. you had pat ryan and tim kennedy, pat ryan the democrat from new york, to show you how weird it was, jake owsley --

jake elzie was playing right field. he tagged out pat ryan and kennedy was part of the rundown in this weird multi-out play. but he ran all the way in from the outfield, tagged him out kennedy was part of that. >> he is down 0-2. that one, not quite painting the outside of the plate. one ball, two strikes. >> you might notice the home plate umpire giving a safe signal. he is qualifying that the ball is not getting far away from the gop catcher morgan luttrell. that is why the runners can't advance, that is what he is signaling. >>. him -- got him. second strike out for pfluger. >> got a little bit of contact. >> nine k's gop tonight.

foul tipped. next up. raul ruiz takes a look at a strike. lots of things in baseball come in threes. three outs, three strikes, he has 3° from harvard. served as a doctor here. when you have had people get injured, sometimes he has come out. ro louise -- ruiz, the other number with him is number one because he usually hits leadoff. 1-1. gets a hold of that one but lifts it just a bit, should be an easy play and it is just that. that will do it for the top of the sixth inning. gop leading by eight. >> c-span radio anytime, anywhere.

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>> out in front, the gop, as you can see the democrats are on defense. we've got some new faces it looks like. if i'm not mistaken, i various positions here for the democrats. >> this is wholesale changes. we will have to figure this out. it will be like one of those spring training games. their shimmery figures -- there is shomari figures. there is frank mrvan have at first base from northern indiana. greg stanton at third base, used to be the starting third baseman for the democrats. deluzio find the plate. -- behind the plate. frank mrvan and is wearing the jersey of the gary, indiana

south shore rail cats. tom suozzi, democrat from new york, his son plays for that team. it is an independent team, he was in the new york mets organization and that is who he is with al. the son of tom suozzi. who has not been into the game yet. >> hi pop up in no man's land. >> dan goldman at shortstop with a catch. taking over for aguilar with the gold glovery. >> not bad. look at that. look what i found. >> you think he's proud of that? you bet he is? yes, sir. one down. >> pfluger at bat with nobody on.

in there for a called strike. >> there was a point last year when you score that many runs, it was just staggering from time to time how many runs they had. >>? >> was at? >> 31 you didn't have many people on base. >> rocket to left field. that should be good for a single and indeed it is. >> solid hit by pfluger. >> no matter what happens for the rest of the year, people will remember the play at third. >> i think that was the highlight of the game there so far. came very early in the game. steube is up now. mrvan holding on. nice cut. just a bit behind on it.

he would love to have beth pitch again. we will see if it happens. pretty fair outing pitching. i believe he wanda with seven strikeouts. this is not what the democrats want, runners on late. it is 10-2 now. steube running on contact. >> pfluger is doing -- steube is doing the right thing. what you want to do is come to you want to sit back and take it easy. don't get in front, wait for the right ball and then really give it a ride. >> this is the first time they have seen aguilar through the republican order. >> that one was just outside. he one of the call. awfully close. 1-2. >> this is the witching hour here but the game is still in range.

only eight runs which in a regular game might seem like a lot but not this game. they are aiming for about three hours for the game. there is a gentle person's agreement that if it is out of control after three hours, they will get to the end but they did start a little late. the timing in congress is never swiss, i will say that. there were votes in the house that were a little late this afternoon, the senate was voting as well later than the house. not as many senators in the game, there were supposed to be four but only now. senator padilla went back to los angeles to deal with the unrest there. >> the crowd is still hanging tough. why not? beautiful night in the city. >> so many of the offices, they bring the junior staff, the interns, everybody comes. >> gets underneath that one. this is what we talked about

earlier in the contest. when you get a few hacks, beautiful red birds jerseys. >> st. louis cardinals. also the powder blue they use to wear in the 1970's, the ozzie smith era. >> 1-2 inside. 2-2. saw a few white house staffers when i walked up here. >> lots of people here in town want to see the game every year. great tradition. the 2-2. just got underneath that one. skies it high. that may drop and it does. the leftfielder morgan mcgarvey had been catching, now out in left field, plate in left field last year. looks like although steube got under it, darby couldn't get it. they are playing him back. they know these guys can hit.

you have a massive field. lots of ground to cover. >> this is a challenge when you aren't used to playing in a park like this. this is a lot of real estate. >> he might have been able to get to it. goldman with the ball in left field. battling the lights as well. runners at second and third. one out. ellzey has a good stick so danger for the democrats. down already 10-2. the 0-1. looks at a low offering, 1-1. >> ellzey went to the naval academy, wanted to be a fighter pilot. fairly new to congress. chased that one, down in the count 1-2.

one of the things we talked about, the different people who played in this game or had some sort of association, there was a congressman from wisconsin ray cannon. never played in the big leagues. he did play for the cubs in the preseason. never played a national game. he left congress, went down and got that one. >> base hit to right field. that will drive home the 11th run of the evening for the gop and they may try to go for two and they get both home. the runner is safe at second. just like that, the gop expands the lead to 10. >> maybe now the route is on. ellzey taking second on the throw. we have a pinch runner. the first woman in the game, this will be joni ernst the republican from iowa, running

for ellzey. she has one plate appearance, zero at-bats, she walked but has an rv because the bases were loaded. >> i think may has more on joni ernst as we take a look at the senator from iowa. what can you tell us about joni ernst? >> it back to her in a moment. as we take a look at joni ernst, happy to be in the game. her club's rocking and rolling. you can see the thumbs up. >> women were first admitted to the game in 1993. that one chopped file. ileana ros-lehtinen the republican from florida.

as we take a look at senator ernst, i wanted to welcome annie may back to the conversation. she had an anecdote about the senator from the great state of iowa. >> it was great this morning, everybody getting ready for the game tonight we were able to see joni ernsta couple balls, hitting a couple balls as well. she had a dress on and full heels and that shows you the congresswoman can compete with all the congresspeople out here. i need to figure out what she was she was wearing, walk a mile and a woman's shoes. my question is, when are you doing a broadcast and a pair of those heels? >> i have my cleats on right now. you don't know that. >> they've got good shoe game down here. >> you know who else had heels on? mariannette miller-meeks from iowa, congresswoman who was kind of the team doctor so to speak in case somebody gets injured.

>> chat is telling the truth. he is wearing cleats appear. thanks. >> i was telling a story earlier about ray cannon, the congressman from wisconsin, did not play in the big leagues but play for the cubs and the preseason. he was the attorney for shoeless joe jackson. he was admitted into baseball with pete rose. that was the mark he made on congress. you have the late congressman paez schwartz from new york in 1914-1915 and jacob ruppert. >> of chopper. this one gets through. let's see what the senator is doing. she is making her way home. go joni go say the gop fans. >> joni ernst with her hands in the air, scores the pinch run. >> joni ernst megxit 13-2.

>> jacob ruppert was congressman from new york, part of the tammany hall machine in the early 20th century. he wanted to buy a baseball team so he was trying to buy the old new york giants, could not wit so he bought another team across town, the new york yankees. he made a trade with boston, brought a guy by the name of ruth and the rest of history -- the rest is history. >> babe ruth born february 6, shares a birthday with ronald reagan. a former colleague tom brokaw, the great musician bob marley and rick astley and axl rose and kevin court. >> tom suozzi in the game, the democrat from new york. his son plays in gary, indiana. new better eric burlison. -- batter eric burlison.

republican from missouri. that one just a bit outside. 1-1. springfield, missouri. great part of the state. >> you talked to some folks, i did a story years ago with mike skelton, congressman from missouri, and kenny whole soft from missouri. in the baseball hall of fame for the game. the question was do you pronounce it missouri or missourah? mike skelton told me the missouri fight science is old missouri so that was proof. kenny will be his friends from illinois would pronounce it misery. >> there is a strike for angular.

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♪ >> the gop stretches the lead to 13-2. top of the seventh coming your way. >> we talked about the violence and concerned about injury, 1956, the catcher steamrolled and structured off the field in the game. sherrod brown, then a congressman, first play of the game crashing into mike oxley, breaking his hand at first base. then the collision at home plate two years ago, the republican representative from florida is out, colliding with chris murphy at home plate. >> i love that. >> she is expecting a child

later this summer. >> congratulations to her family. that is beautiful. a new pitcher on the mound. we talked about roger williams and this is pat harrigan. conversation between the umpire and the home plate umpire. roger williams, roger williams the gop skipper, talked about how hard he throws and compared him to ryan duren who had no control. this is his debut on the mound. he has been dh'ing all night, his first time on the field. >> it is like watching that old major league remember that? >> exactly. >> charlie sheen. had the glasses and everything. >> casey stengel said if you got hit by a pitch you would be in the past tense.

the 0-2 from harrigan. one ball, two strikes. >> one of the biggest sports fans and congress is none other than the former speaker of the house. >> is that right? >> nancy pelosi. there were games when the giants were in the world series and the 49ers would be playing and she would go to the 49ers game in the afternoon and the giants game in the evening. here she is from a former speaker of the house, she has bats from willie mays and willie mccovey. i found a dodgers bat in there and she said if they knew that in san francisco they would vote you out. she has a great connection to

baseball in this area. her dad was a congressman and the mayor of baltimore. he is partially responsible for bringing the old suit was rounds to baltimore. getting old memorial stadium, which i said earlier in the broadcast, home of this game for some years. there wasn't a major league team for many years but that is on her father. she is a sports fan. not surprised she is there. she has been in the box with her husband who has recovered well from his injuries. he was beaten at their home, someone broke in. bad situation. >> she had many years, i covered the white house, didn't have many occasions to meet with the speaker but i did have a chance to meet her at a fundraiser, and she has done some amazing things.

her family, standing in the gap for women and those in need in the community. the speaker was very gracious in our meeting. that is why we are here tonight. charity. >> if you missed earlier in the broadcast, there are 40 plus charities and the money from the game goes to washington dc, the children's charities. they raised a record amount of money this year. speaker of the house, we knew it would be north of $2.7 million, he said it was higher than that in terms of attendance it was pushing well above 30,000 in terms of tickets sold. when they had 24, 25, 26, they have had more attention on the game post-pandemic but it was starting to kind of go up in attention and this is a macabre moment, a terrible moment but the steve scully's shooting at the practice -- scalise shooting

at the practice focused attention on the game. there were some years when they didn't play at memorial stadium for just east of here, they played at 41 mile park. which of the collision earlier between sherrod brown and mike oxley. that was at 4 mile run in alexandria. >> it is interesting, you mention the reason we are here is to raise money. five years ago, they raised $1.7 million. there is a shot to right field. that should be two down and the throw all the way back to first is not in time to catch the batter. i mentioned it was $1.7 million five years ago, $2.7 million this year and for a great cause, visit congressional baseball.org and we would love it if you would take part to support those

in need. >> here we have a story. this is ruben gallego. the democratic senator from arizona. i was told before the game he would come to the game, and then his wife is expecting. the plan was either late in the game or tonight, he would go to sibley hospital. and induce labor. his pregnant wife. so they would expand the roster as they say. you know what they used to do september 1? the rosters go up. in mid june the rosters expand. >> fix an offer by -- at a bunch. behind in the count 0-2, what could be the last strike of the night for the democrats. by the way, congratulations to the senator and his family. a beautiful, safe, healthy baby. >> the strike out and that is going to do it. what a night for the gop, they

have done it again. 13-2 is your final score. five straight and you know what? you said coming in, every now and again you get on a roll and from the first big defensive play by pfluger, they ported on late and the gop once again celebrate the victory. >> better pitching, bigger bats for the gop, good defense for the democrats. but the republican roster is a little too strong right now. >> it's always fun when they mix up the rosters and try to get things done. deluzio did yeoman's work as long as he could hang in there but the truth is he was out doing old tonight -- count-d cash out- dueled steube by steube. >> location, location, location. seven strikeouts on the night

for greg. he was very good with the bat and he is standing by with anime. >> down on the field, greg steube getting a pat on the back from everybody. second inning, for thinning were big innings for you. you pitched a great game. walk us through what it is like to see your teammates walk past home base. >> we start working four months out. i had seven strikeouts which was good and my biggest goal is to throw strikes. let the defense to everything else and we saw from the score we did a good job. >> was that the plan going in? everything going in a line? >> i wish we would've hit the ball better but the bats started to turn on in the fifth or sixth inning. 9:30 and we are more than 10 runs, it was a good day. >> you had a great game but who is the m.v.p. in your mind? >> we like chuck fleischmann. he was the right fielder, came out and caught the ball for the

out so i like good old chuck. >> you won the congressional baseball game. what are you doing? >> i'm going to take a nice bath tomorrow. >> five years in a row is what he is saying. thank you so much. that will end the game from down here. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. by the word? >> great to work with you tonight. big night for charities in washington, all of the money raised, steube says he will take an ice bath. great play by pfluger right there. great play by dan goldman. >> angular had a couple big plays. thanks for watching this broadcast of the 90th congressional baseball game. for my partner chad and annie mae on the field, this is kevin. we hope once again, you will check us out.

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