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Always stay out of Mad Max’s way: ‘I thought he was going to kill me’

When John Schneider had the audacity to approach Max Scherzer on the mound in the fifth inning, the Blue Jays’ manager looked like he was approaching a lion. An animated Scherzer talked his way into staying in the game, recording three more outs and his first postseason win in six years.

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Don’t mess with Mad Max, a tale as old as time.

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In his last start of his second season, in 2014, Kevin Gausman struck out future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. Before Game 3 of the ALCS in Seattle this week, the Blue Jays pitcher got a chance to meet the Mariners legend.

Coming off a rough end to his regular season and not having pitched in a game in more than three weeks, Max Scherzer not only took the baseball, he turned in a vintage Mad Max performance.

When Shohei Ohtani came to MLB, his splitter was his greatest weapon. It was arguably baseball’s most unhittable pitch. Though he lost command of it for a time, it’s back with a vengeance this postseason.

Only one team has come back from a 3-0 series deficit in the playoffs, but quite a few others have made valiant attempts. Maybe the Brewers can find inspiration here.

Tune to MLB Tonight starting at 4 p.m. ET for the latest highlights, interviews, expert analysis and more, before and after today’s LCS games.

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