Ever since 1962 Roll Call has hosted a baseball game between the Democrats and Republicans (pictured) of Congress. Last night, the Republicans continued their winning streak with a 5-2 victory. But the win didn’t come without some sacrifice, namely, a wound caused by an unplanned caucus between Congressman Chip Pickering’s metal bat and some unlucky guy’s face. The guy survived.

Lenny DiNardo threw the pitch that hit Jose Molina with bases loaded in the 12th. Just like the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone, the New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-3.

Richard “Goose” Gossage would walk onto the pitcher’s mound and cause batters to moisten their boxer shorts from fear of his fastball. Next week, he will walk into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame to take his rightful place among the game’s greats in honor of that fastball. He would rain missiles into the catcher’s mitt with an intensity approaching that of a Biblical plague. And his mustache was always pimpalicious.

Joe Torre has been asked to play himself on a cartoon show. The founders of the hilarious Family Guy have created a spinoff starring Cleveland, called The Cleveland Show. They want Joe Torre to play himself. It’s on Fox natch.

In a move that adds substance to the perjury charges faced by Roger Clemens, Kirk Radomski says he can now prove that he sent human growth hormone to Roger Clemens at his Texas home. The New York Daily News quotes sources close to the case who state that Radomski found shipping receipts addressed to Clemens with dates that roughly correspond to when Clemens’ wife is alleged to have used HGH in preparation for a Sports Illustrated pictorial. Clemens has denied under oath ever using HGH or knowing that his wife intended to do so. Even if all of this blows over for Clemens (as if!), it’s just not a good look for Major League Baseball.

It took fifteen innings but the American League made it official after four hours with a sacrifice fly to right center to end this filibuster of a game with a score of 4-3. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, last night was the 11th All-Star game to go into extra innings and the first one of those to be won by the AL. Though the AL did manage an extra-inning tie in 2002.

Commissioner Bud Selig denied Tuesday that Major League baseball has in some way conspired not to hire Barry Bonds. This was after Bond’s agent, Jeff Borris, suggested that there might be a plan to make sure Bonds isn’t allowed to play baseball. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Selig said that, “Clubs have made individual decisions about Bonds based on a myriad of factors.” Yeah, like being charged for lying to the Feds about using steroids, for example.

Nobody wants to play baseball with Barry Bonds, says Jeff Borris, the man paid to handle Bonds’ business affairs. According to CBC Sports, Bonds has twiddled his (very strong) thumbs since Oct. 30 despite rumors of secret workouts with the Boston Red Sox and interest from the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets.

Of course, is that an offer of Bonds’ service for the league minimum to any taker, or an offer to a few select teams to hire him for $28 million? No matter how Bonds and Borris do the math, one thing is clear: Being charged with 14 counts of lying and one count of obstruction of justice will put the brakes on your baseball career.

The star of tonight’s All-Star game in Yankee Stadium won’t be on the field. Tonight all eyes are on the field itself. The 79th Major League Baseball All-Star game is also the very last for the amazing stadium fans call the Cathedral. Next year the Yankees will be playing in a shiny new home across the street.

Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton set an All-Star Game Home Run Derby record by belting 28 homers in the first round to win a standing ovation from a crowd of 53,716 at Yankee Stadium on Monday.

Hamilton, a first-time All-Star shattered Bobby Abreu’s 2005 single-round record of 24 home runs. Abreu hit 24 home runs in the first round in 2005 at Detroit’s Comerica Park.

Nowbody would have thought something like that when Hamilton was on a drug and alcohol addiction that derailed his career.

“I was just … it was making bad decisions. I could sit here and say it was being young and having money. But when you come down to it, I had good values and decision-making skills. I just didn’t use them properly.”