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The picture is a nod to a photo of a dour-looking Keanu Reeves that went viral in 2010 in which a paparazzo snapped The Matrix star seated on a park bench munching on a sandwich, looking lonely.

The post, which shows a forlorn-looking Votto sitting on a park bench eating a sandwich under the caption “missing ball” is a spoof of an infamous Keanu Reeves viral offering from 2010.

I don’t normally take advice from Keanu Reeves, but everyone would have come out of this mess in a much better position if Republican senators had simply shot the hostage. Line up behind the ...