"They dare to be embarrassed in their old age, for the chance at being young again. For two hours or so on a humid night in June, they get to take the field at a major league stadium and be something other than a member of Congress. They get to show everyone that they could have been something else, that they have something more to offer than a bill, that they still got it."
https://www.notus.org/congress/republicans-chance-to-win-this-year-baseball