Mad Max: A Mizzou Origins Story

I’m actually pretty giddy to get to write about this, y’all. Mighty Mad Mizzou Max Scherzer (all the alliterations) with his multi-colored eyes is one of my favorite topics— aside from Mizzou hoops, my first - and obvious - love. There’s nothing I’d like to see more than Max sporting a Cards uniform one day, but that’s another topic for another day, and I sincerely wish the Nats the best of luck in their quest for a World Series. Today we’re reminiscing about Mighty Mad Max’s days as a Mizzou Tiger, when he went by an entirely different nickname— Juice.

In this piece by The Athletic’s Rustin Dodd (who you may remember from his KC Star days), we (subscribers) are treated to an absolute gem of…