By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 25, 2012, 4:11 p.m.
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, we wanted to give readers a quick roundup of what we learned this week in our ventures out on the diamond.
By
Patrick Curran
| May 24, 2012, 11:54 p.m.
Do you believe in miracles? The Press Hits! sure do.
Aaron Guerrero
| May 24, 2012, 11:24 p.m.
The Colorado Cutthroats lived up to their pre-game smack talk Thursday night, taking it to the EditOrioles, CQ Roll Call’s softball team, 23-7.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 24, 2012, 12:15 p.m.
On June 20, the women of the Congress and the women of the press will square off for the fourth annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game. The game’s primary purpose is to raise money for the Young Survival Coalition, an organization that aids young women with breast cancer.
By
Patrick Curran
| May 24, 2012, 12:02 a.m.
Gary Caruso has spent the past 30-plus years moving in and out of Congressional offices and committees, agency appointments, private-sector positions and stints in the White House. He’s a Washington insider in every sense of the word — but he’d probably prefer the term “infielder.”
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 23, 2012, 3:30 p.m.
Last week, we tweeted at the Colorado Cutthroats, noting that the House Softball League team had not shown its Twitter feed some love in quite some time.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 22, 2012, 10:25 p.m.
Derek Kettner can fly around the base pads and the clouds.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 22, 2012, 5:07 p.m.
On game day, it’s not uncommon to hear some players express the need for new team shirts.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 21, 2012, 11:32 p.m.
On an overcast Monday night, the Whiskey Caucus, a House Softball League team, fell 15-13 to the Three Amigos, a team primarily made up of staffers from the Texas delegation.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 21, 2012, 4:58 p.m.
When it comes to summing up the prospect of softball surviving this week’s onslaught of expected rain, we turn to the wise philosopher Astro: “Ruh-roh!”
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 21, 2012, 12:54 p.m.
The Whiskey Caucus is solving Washington’s partisan woes one drink and softball game at a time.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 18, 2012, 2:32 p.m.
If you’re like us, you might have been left tossing and turning last night over the unsolved mystery surrounding the origins of RAND Slam!, the Senate Softball League team.
David Meyers
| May 18, 2012, 12:14 p.m.
The House Softball League, unlike the Congressional and Senate leagues, doesn’t rely only on wins and losses to determine its standings. Instead, it uses a “ratings power index” that takes into account a team’s winning percentage, its opponents’ winning percentage and its opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage.
By
Patrick Curran
| May 17, 2012, 11:15 p.m.
Oil rules, even in softball.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 17, 2012, 11:03 p.m.
RAND Slam!, a team from the Senate Softball League, bares the name of Sen. Rand Paul. And the team plays in the league named after the chamber in which the Kentucky Republican serves.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 17, 2012, 12:02 a.m.
Softball is a merciless sport, played in the cruelest months, capable of driving its participants to the depths of despair.
By
Patrick Curran
| May 16, 2012, 9:41 p.m.
After being rained out three consecutive weeks, Jerry Duty finally got a chance to show its stuff on the Mall this week. And boy, did they show up.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 15, 2012, 10:19 p.m.
Chandler Lockhart is a softball junkie.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 14, 2012, 9:58 p.m.
The classic Carpenters’ tune “Rainy Days and Mondays” would have been a perfect play Monday night against the backdrop of a wet, soggy and desolate National Mall.
By
Aaron Guerrero
| May 14, 2012, 9:54 p.m.
Lauren Worley single-handedly piloted the NASA softball team, Deep Space 9, off the launching pad.
