<p>Republicans clobbered Democrats for the fifth consecutive year in last night&#8217;s Congressional Baseball Game. Rep. August Pfluger, the Republican Study Committee Chairman, who clinched his second <a href="https://pfluger.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=610" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MVP</a> title, joined Crain &amp; Company before the game to share his thoughts on why the GOP has won every game since 2022.</p>
<p>&#8220;What I&#8217;d say to America is, forget about baseball, take the uniforms off, just stand us side by side: who do you want leading the country? I&#8217;ll leave that up to America to decide. Not that baseball is an indicator of legislating, but it kind of is.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;My district cares that I can represent them legislatively. But they really care if I can play baseball,&#8221; Pfluger added.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/are-republicans-better-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: REP. AUGUST PFLUGER JOINS CRAIN AND COMPANY TO TALK CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME</a></strong></p>
<p>Pfluger, who was a <a href="https://sanangelolive.com/news/sports/2023-06-14/congressmen-pfluger-pitch-congressional-baseball-game-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high school</a> quarterback and catcher, has played for the GOP since 2022, pitching for them in 2023. He noted how seriously he and his teammates take the game, describing intense, early-morning practices.</p>
<p>&#8220;We practice at least 25 times, and by the way, we&#8217;re not practicing at 8:00 a.m. It&#8217;s a 5:45 start time,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;We&#8217;re out there throwing, we come back, we&#8217;re icing the shoulder a little bit, in my case, and then we go to work at 7:30, 8:00.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Congressional Baseball Game has been <a href="https://www.congressionalbaseball.org/history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">played</a> intermittently since 1909. While Democrats dominated at first, Republicans have won 46 games compared to the Democrats’ 42. Funds from the game go towards various charities. This year’s game <a href="https://www.congressionalbaseball.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">benefited</a> the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, the Tim Johnson Memorial Scholarship, and Nationals Philanthropies.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got the Republicans vs. the Democrats, which to me just seems like a bloodbath,&#8221; Crain &amp; Co. co-host Jake Crain told Pfluger. Asked by Crain &amp; Co. co-host David Cone just &#8220;how intense&#8221; the game really is, Pfluger was unequivocal.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is intense&#8230;when we get out there on the field, we&#8217;re trying to win,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is not bipartisan,&#8221; Pfluger said. &#8220;This is a real baseball game.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Dems can&#8217;t get a dub if you handed it to them on a plate right now! Nobody buries them deeper than those guys,&#8221; Jake Crain noted.</p>
<p>Last night&#8217;s game also marked the return to the field of Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), who made history as one of the few players to get an out-of-the-park home run in the 2021 game. Steube missed the past few Congressional Baseball Games due to an injury.</p>
<p>&#8220;This has been the best interview I&#8217;ve done in five years,&#8221; Pfluger told the Crain &amp; Co. boys. &#8220;Thank you for letting me talk about sports.&#8221;</p>

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