Scherzer's confrontation with Schneider in ALCS Game 4 nothing new for ‘Hall of Famer’

Max Scherzer was pacing around the mound when he spotted Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider walking toward him, presumably to pull him from Game 4 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS).

Scherzer screamed, "No way!" After a brief but animated exchange, Schneider left the mound with the 41-year-old pitcher still in the game.

To casual Blue Jays fans, Scherzer's behaviour might seem disrespectful or even unhinged. But for his teammates and hardcore baseball fans, this was classic Mad Max.

"I've been waiting for that all year, for Max to yell at me on the mound," said Schneider in his post-game news conference. "I think at that point there's numbers, there's projections, there's strategy, and there's people. So I was trusting people.”

"I think in that moment, you relive every conversation I've had with him over the course of the year, and I trusted him to make pitches."

Scherzer responded to Schneider's mound visit by striking out Seattle Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena. Schneider said there were some more heated words between him and Scherzer in the clubhouse after the manager asked if he could pitch in the sixth inning.

"Talking about how we don't talk to him when he's starting, I definitely talked to him and that was another fun conversation in the tunnel," said Schneider. "When a guy is in it, when a guy is in the arena performing and doing well, I'm going to trust him to continue to do it."

Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reported that as Schneider left the interview room on Thursday, Scherzer was on his way in. The Blue Jays manager gave the veteran pitcher a hardy slap on the back.

"All right, you [expletive] psycho, get in there."

Scherzer brushed off the mound visit post-game.

"I think what I'm