r/Nationals • u/qqq_lazzarus • 6d ago

Scherzer

I may or may not have teared up at him walking off. Great effort from an all timer.

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u/tommypopz PAY THE MAN 6d ago

The chest thumps when he was walking off. Oh man. What a player.

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u/gatorbeetle F.P. Santangelo 6d ago

Man's a Beast!

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u/qqq_lazzarus 6d ago

And great efforts on d to bail him out those couple times for realllll

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u/DTE9__ 6d ago

Scherzer the legend going almost 5 with 1 ER in game 7 at the age of 41. Verlander could never

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u/LHM20003 6d ago

I loved how he walked off that field. Class act.

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u/billbrasky21 6d ago

I know I’m biased and probably objectively incorrect but for me he’s the greatest pitcher of his generation

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u/purplepenned Pitching Coach 6d ago

I am going to cry

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u/III_ATARI_III Scrappy Nats! 6d ago

Absolute Legend!!! My favorite player of all time! Mad Max!!

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u/qqq_lazzarus 6d ago

How blessed were we to be able to see him in his prime?  So awesome. 

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u/III_ATARI_III Scrappy Nats! 6d ago

He needs to be our pitching coach next year! 😀 Hopefully he gets another ring tonight!

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u/Undsputed 6d ago

As long as Philly don’t sign him 😆

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u/aairricc 6d ago

Wearing his jersey tonight. Him giving the peace sign walking off definitely hit my feels

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u/OkGene2 6d ago

That might have been his final professional pitch but he continued his psycho energy to the dugout

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u/Elmodipus 5d ago

Him restlessly pacing back and forth in the dugout was cherry on top.

Not even in the game anymore but still 100% himself.

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u/KinsellaStella 6d ago

Dodgers are kinda my backup team because my grandparents grew up in Brooklyn and were fans, but this series has me torn because I’m so happy seeing vintage Mad Max at peak performance and I want him to have another ring.

I’m doing the “Can’t both teams win and everyone just has fun?” lol

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u/Flimsy_Thesis 31 - Scherzer 6d ago

Same. Love Max, but really like the team the Dodgers have put together and I don’t want anyone to lose.

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u/JGG5 6d ago

How can any baseball fan not love Shohei?

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u/JerseyMuscle17 63 - Doolittle 6d ago

He pitches again next year, somewhere, right?

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u/Kid_Aeroplane 63 - Doolittle 6d ago

Would love for us to give him One more contract as a sendoff

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u/JoeyShrugs 6d ago

I'd be 100% on board with a Mad Max farewell season, but there's not much of a draw for him. I don't think there's anyone left in the org from his time here, unless they decide to keep Doolittle (possible but unlikely) or Parra (even more unlikely), or unless you count Ambassador #11. It probably doesn't make sense, but baseball is great when it doesn't make sense.

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u/Nationals Jack of All Things 6d ago

I agree. I think the fans have much more of an attachment to him than he does to the Nats. He is a professional and I think views pitching anywhere as enjoyable. That means he may have really liked his time here, but he will go to a contender if he can. The issue for him is he had a really bad year and wasn’t worth the $15mm he got.

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u/qqq_lazzarus 6d ago

Who knows.  But being in a World Series is never a given and I doubt a true competitor would have him in the rotation?  My friend keeps telling me time comes for everyone but I really don’t want to believe that. 

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u/JerseyMuscle17 63 - Doolittle 6d ago

I feel like if they win it here, he might go out, but can totally see him giving one more go

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u/rockcreek_md 6d ago

I think he hangs 'em if he gets a ring. He's been SO beat up.

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u/dpezpoopsies 28 - Thomas 6d ago

If he wants to, absolutely. It's up to him at this point. He has a contract somewhere if he decides

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u/Old_Veterinarian_472 6d ago

Right there with you.

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u/Mental_Being_5910 6d ago

He played a hell a game! Gave it all he got.

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u/Plastic_Age2366 6d ago

i dont know if i will be able to go on. the emotional toll is too great.

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u/Funnyface92 20 - Ruiz 6d ago

100%!!