Conservative lawmaker known for love of baseball

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steve Scalise, a member of the House Republican leadership, is known for his love of baseball and the late-night meals he often serves his colleagues in his office near the Capitol’s ornate Statuary Hall.
Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, was shot Wednesday along with several others during a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia.
Scalise distributed commemorative baseball bats to fellow members when he ran for a leadership post in 2014. The Louisiana