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* The House won last night’s interchamber softball game 14-13…
Mood: House Wins!!!! 💪🏾
House vs. Senate Softball 2024 pic.twitter.com/mpaRVG9czx
— Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (@SpeakerWelchIL) May 2, 2024
* From the Statehouse press corps…
.@SpeakerWelchIL drives in the game-tying run in the top of the 7th. Tied at 13. Senate with a chance to walk it off in the bottom half the inning. #twill https://t.co/H0O5TBqDTG pic.twitter.com/xun2sxycZp
— Brenden Moore (@brendenmoore13) May 2, 2024
* Here’s some cell phone snaps of yesterday’s game!…
Big thanks to Rep. Marty Moylan for putting it together!
posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 10:47 am
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Just curious, how often does the House win? I would think they have an advantage with having twice the pool to pull from.
Glad everyone had a fun time.
Comment by Perrid Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 10:52 am
I’m glad they still play the softball game. I recall in the late 70’s / early 80’s when the House used to prevail every year with a guy named Jessie White.
Comment by Stones Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 10:53 am
What a great event! Glad its still going. Went once in the late 70s and my dad hit a home run for the House. We also put quarters on the nearby railroad tracks to see what would happen when the train went over them. Good times.
Comment by Paddyrollingstone Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:07 am
Rep. McLaughlin was blocking the plate. Senator Hastings had nowhere to go.
Comment by Angel Hernandez' 3rd Cousin Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:19 am
“Senator Hastings had nowhere to go.”
There was a safty homeplate, 5 ft to his right.
Comment by Principal Skinner Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:21 am
Clearly a good time was had by all.
Comment by JoanP Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:33 am
Every year I wind up having a conflict and can’t go. Sadly this year was no exception. Sigh. Glad everyone had a blast.
Comment by New Day Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:35 am
Looks like both the House and Senate are better than the White Sox.
Comment by NonAFSCMEStateEmployeeFromChatham Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 11:49 am
“There was a safty homeplate, 5 ft to his right.”
It was a tag play at the plate. You can’t have a tag play without a tag. He had to go to the normal plate position.
Comment by Angel Hernandez' 3rd Cousin Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 12:29 pm
I am so old, I remember when Susana Mendoza was the only woman on the field (and perhaps the first?)
I am glad to see that has permanently changed, but are there no male cheerleaders?
Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 12:42 pm
Yellow Dog, women made a push to play in the 1970s. Adeline Geo-Karis is believed to be the first woman to get a hit in the game. Here’s an excerpt from her Daily Herald obituary story from CapitolFax: https://capitolfax.com/2008/02/11/remembering-geo/
Comment by John Patterson Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 1:59 pm
cheerleaders past college bug me (and I say this as an ex cheerleader) but Canty is just adorable
Comment by Amalia Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 4:08 pm
Great game and very fun evening.
Comment by Chicago Voter Thursday, May 2, 24 @ 5:44 pm