The Legend of 'Mad Max' Scherzer, As Told By His Catchers
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday night, after seven weeks on the sidelines due to an oblique injury, 37-year-old Max Scherzer made his return for the Mets, and looked like… Max Scherzer — right down to a play where he nearly barreled over teammate Pete Alonso on a routine pop fly to first. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Rustin Dodd, who recently talked to a number of Scherzer’s former catchers and coaches to get a better idea of what makes Scherzer so famously intense, why he’s sometimes able to channel Tiger Woods on the golf course, and his extreme passion for fantasy football.
Read the full story on Max Scherzer from Rustin Dodd and Jayson Jenks: https://theathletic.com/3336028/2022/06/27/max-scherzer-catchers-legend/
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| 0:40.6 | On Tuesday night, after seven weeks on the sidelines with an oblique injury, 37-year-old |
| 0:45.3 | Max Sherzer made his return for the meds. |
| 0:48.2 | And he looked like Max Sherzer. |
| 0:51.1 | Max strikes him out with a fast ball, and so Sherzer returns with a bang. |
| 0:54.8 | His first batter in seven weeks, a strikeout of Jonathan Indian. |
| 1:00.0 | There was also a play during that game, a routine pop-up to first base, where Sherzer showed |
| 1:04.4 | a glimpse of just how intense he is, when out of nowhere, he nearly steamrolled first |
| 1:09.2 | baseman, Pete Alonzo. |
| 1:10.8 | On the right side of Lanzo, taking charge of it, Sherzer going to get in his way. |
| 1:15.4 | Pete, so, I'm not sure where Max thought he was going, but Pete had that one all the way. |
| 1:22.1 | He's taking his head too. |
| 1:24.0 | Like this guy. |
| 1:25.0 | This guy. |
| 1:26.0 | That is just a small hint of the intensity that has made Sherzer one of the most tightly-wound |
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