While it’s sad news to see the Milwaukee Brewers one game away from being swept after Thursday night’s loss to the Dodgers, there is a bit of good baseball news out of Wisconsin.
Max Scherzer broke an MLB record with Thursday’s start. He also picked up the win for the Blue Jays, who beat the Mariners 8–2 in the ALCS. The 41-year-old struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up three hits, four walks, and two earned runs.
And why is a 41-year-old pitcher in Canada good news for Wisconsin?
Well, 22 years ago, the three-time Cy Young winner was pitching for the La Crosse Loggers.
Loggers general manager Chris Goodell has said, of that 19-year-old Scherzer pitching in La Crosse back in 2001: “His first fastball popped the mitt at about 96 and everybody kind of sat back and said, ‘This is a little different. This is something special.’”
With his appearance Thursday, Scherzer set an MLB record for the most teams a player has started a postseason game with in their career. Taking the mound with the Blue Jays made it six, breaking David Wells’ record. He’s also now tied with several players (Wells, Kenny Lofton, Josh Donaldson, Fernando Rodney) for the most teams a player has appeared in the postseason with.
To claim that second record outright, Scherzer would need to join a seventh team and appear in another postseason game.
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