Getty TORONTO, CANADA – SEPTEMBER 27: Max Scherzer #31 of the Toronto Blue Jays salutes the crowd after he is taken out of the game against the Cincinnati Reds during the eighth inning in their MLB game at Rogers Centre on September 27, 2026 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
Max Scherzer’s smile said it all.
This is “Mad Max,” one of the fiercest competitors on the pitcher’s mound that the sport of baseball has ever seen.
But when Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider came to the mound to pull Scherzer out of
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