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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — In the hours following the Congressional Baseball Game, after a convincing win by the Democrats and the end of postgame schmoozing, three Republican congressmen returned late Thursday to a rowhouse they share and popped open a bottle of wine. For the first time in years, their annual postgame ritual was missing a fourth roommate. Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana is the Republican team’s starting second baseman and the majority whip of the House of Representatives. But in this house, which he has shared since 2008 with Representatives John Shimkus of Illinois, Erik Paulsen of Minnesota and Kevin Brady of Texas, he is better known as the chatterbox who lives upstairs and another sports fanatic in an only-in-Washington living situation, where the price for moving in has been a willingness to demonstrate suitable baseball skills. The Congressional Baseball Game has been a part of household life for years. “I thought it would be a good environment to get away from the craziness of the office that goes on all day,” said Mr. Paulsen, who moved in around the same time as Mr. Scalise. “I soon learned, ‘No, you’re going to play baseball, and we’ll be going to practice for several months early in the morning.’” Mr. Scalise was the only one in the group still on the practice field in Alexandria, Va., on Wednesday when a gunman, said to have been disgruntled by President Trump’s election win, opened fire and shot four people, including a member of Mr. Sc... Link to the full article to read more