Max Scherzer, one of the greatest pitchers of the generation, showed he still has his competitive fire on the mound, after a reaction on the mound with manager John Schneider

From a leadership perspective, Blue Jays manager John Schneider's mound visit with pitcher Max Scherzer was revealing and fascinating.

In October, every pitch, swing, play and decision is heightened everywhere. On the field, in the dugout, in the game-planning meetings pregame and, more than any time or any other place, after the game is played out and the result of all those decisions are final.

In 2004, UAlbany baseball knocked off the University of Missouri 5-3 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Scherzer, then a Missouri freshman, entered the game trailing 4-2 in the top of the eighth.