These members can play baseball, but do you want them on your trivia team? – Roll Call

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These members can play baseball, but do you want them on your trivia team?

Heard on the Hill

Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman rolls over on his head as he field a ground ball during the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

By Nathan Ouellette, Hope Howard and Clyde McGrady

Posted June 27, 2019 at 5:00am

As the lights came up at the 58th annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity, members of the Democratic and Republican teams took the field. Despite both teams’ months of practice, didn’t any of them think they’d need to brush up on their trivia?

Heard on the Hill decided to see how many members we could strike out with some of the trickiest congressional baseball questions we could think of.

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