Congressional softball game pits members against media Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) chats with teammate, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), after a Congressional softball team scrimmage last year. (Melina Mara - THE WASHINGTON POST) The media is often accused of lobbing softballs at politicians - tonight, that will be more than just a metaphor, as a team of Washington journalists take on a squad comprised of lawmakers in the annual women's congressional softball game. In last year's annual charity matchup, the "Bad News Babes" trounced the lawmakers by 13-10. Proceeds benefit young breast cancer survivors. This year, as the event celebrates its fifth anniversary, game faces are on: there's been much boasting over social media of practices - and a bit of trash-talking. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz (D-Fla.), one of the game's co-founders, has been hash-tagging recent tweets to her rivals with #beveryafraid. Still, no matter who wins, the bipartisan lineup on the Members" team (unlike the guys, whose annual baseball game is Rs-versus-Ds) is fostering aisle-crossing off the field, too. "When I need a Republican to be the lead on legislation, the first place I go is the softball team," Wasserman Shultz tells Post freelancer Pamela Ryckman. The Florida Democrat co-founded the game after her own diagnosis with breast cancer. Tickets are available here or tonight at the game, at Watkins Recreation Center, just down the street from the Capitol.