Opinion: Scoreboard Update

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The Democratic losing streak continues ... at least on the diamond.

GOP lawmakers, aided by a string of costly errors by their foes, rolled to a 5-2 win Monday night in the 46th annual congressional baseball game. Republicans no doubt see huge symbolic implications in the miscues by the other side; Democrats no doubt will see favorable trends in their improvement over a 12-1 thumping last year.

The Democratic team had hoped for a boost from freshman Rep. Heath Schuler of North Carolina, who brought sterling athletic credentials into the game. But Schuler went 0-for-3, striking out twice.

Aides to Rep. Linda Sanchez of California proudly noted that she stroked a single to the opposite field in the 7th inning. ‘Even the Republican side applauded,’ her office noted in an e-mail to us. ‘That’s a two-year hitting streak for the only Democratic woman on the team.’

The GOP now holds a whopping 33-13 advantage in the contests, sponsored by the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call.

-- Don Frederick