Team Wonkette Field Trip! From left: David Lat, the Comics Curmudgeon, Intern Nick (mostly hidden), and Alex Pareene.

Last night, Team Wonkette made its way out to RFK stadium for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, sponsored by Roll Call. The game was, well, sad and pathetic. The Republicans won 12-1 (Roberts recused himself). But man, what a trip. Drunk hill staffers everywhere, Katherine Harris wandering around, tight unis on middle-aged legislative paunches, and William Jefferson looking really intense. Pocket full of sandpaper, of course. But that’s another story — one for after the jump, in fact, illustrated with lovely pictures from Liz Gorman, Intrepid Girl Reporter.

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Reading your profession’s trade publications shouldn’t be a chore! Look at how Hollywood does it — Variety’s a load of fun, ain’t it? So why are DC’s congressional dailies so… staid? Wouldn’t everyone around here be way happier if Roll Call had a little more pizazz? MORE »

Tests confirmed that the Senate was contaminated not with a nerve agent, but with natural gas — the comforting, friendly gas of traditional American values. MORE »

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• Judy Miller hand is tired. [E&P]
• Miles O’Brien’s Proustian hurricane blog: The “LSU Chancellor. . . led us to a campus cafeteria for some breakfast. . .I found the school fare pretty darn close to perfection.” [CNN via Gawker]
• Roll Call, CQ, National Journal and the Hill play musical chairs. [Fishbowl DC]
• The WP launches a local blog — plunging into the kind uncensored, balls-out, citizen journalism that the MSM can’t traditionally provide. Our favorite post so far? “Here’s A Good Read to Brighten Your Day.” [Focus on Fairfax]
• Amy Alexander seeks an “idea-driven publication aimed at black Americans,” we seek an “idea-driven publication,” period. [WP]

It’s the trainspotting of “celebrity” journalism, but we can’t help it: Once someone pointed out that Maureen Dowd, David Remnick, Rep. Jim Moran, Nina Totenberg, Bob Franken and Roll Call all had listings in today’s “Notice of Unclaimed Property” in the WaPo, we couldn’t stop looking more Washington folks with, apparently, more money than time. (Clearly, not a problem for us.) Among those who are letting their tax refunds (or whatever) burn a hole in the District’s pocket: Postie Howie Kurtz and soon-to-be ex-Postie Mike Allen, Congressional Quarterly, John McLaughlin, investigative reporter “Murrey” Waas and — are you really surprised — “Governors, Board, O of the Federal Reserve.” MORE »