GOP senator’s diving catch in baseball game makes ESPN’s top plays

Sen. Eric Schmitt notched a highlight this week he won’t soon forget.

The Missouri Republican made ESPN’s “SportsCenter” Top 10 plays of the day Wednesday night with a diving catch during the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park.

Schmitt, one of the GOP’s standout players, tracked down a lazy fly ball that was floating toward the left field foul line when he laid out, not taking his eyes off the ball and hauled in the catch before collapsing to the ground.

Schmitt rose from the turf with his nose bleeding and threw the ball back to the infield as the crowd erupted; the Republicans went on to........

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