Washington Nationals: Max Scherzer Has No-Hitter Jersey Tossed in Trash

The wife of Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer mistook an old jersey for trash and tossed it in the garbage.

At the end of the 2015 season, Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer pitched the game of his life. He threw a no-hitter and struck out 17 hitters. He would have had a perfect game if not for an error by Yunel Escobar. It was the second no-hitter of the season for Scherzer. In his previous no-hitter, against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 20, he had a perfect game going with two outs in the bottom of the ninth but lost it when he hit pinch-hitter Jose Tabata on a 2-2 pitch. As good as that game was, the 17-strikeout no-hitter was even better.

As you would expect, Scherzer was proud of the best game he ever pitched as a big league pitcher, so he saved the jersey from that game. It turns out, though, that he didn’t save it in a very protected place. His wife, Erica May-Scherzer, was recently cleaning the house and found an old, dirty jersey. She tossed it in the trash. When Scherzer found his prized jersey in the garbage, he took to Twitter outing his wife for throwing out the jersey from his 17-strikeout no-hitter, with the hashtag #ShesSleepingOnTheCouch.

Erica acknowledged the mistake with a tweet that said “MAJOR wife fail moment” and #AtLeastTheCouchIsComfy. Then Max got his revenge. He “found” some “dirty” purses of hers and put them in the trash with the hashtag #JustDoingHouseChores.

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It was all in good fun. Based on their Twitter accounts, Max and Erica look like a fun couple. They both have a passion for animals, particularly dogs with dichromatism, meaning they have two different colored eyes, like Max Scherzer himself. Scherzer has heterochromia iridum, which means one iris is a different color from the other. His right eye is blue and his left eye is brown. There’s actually a national day for this called Different Colored Eyes Day. It falls on July 12. Other celebrities with heterochromia include Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Benedict Cumberbatch, and the lovely and talented Mila Kunis.

Throwing away a valuable item thinking it is trash is not unusual. It happens in the art world often. This article at The New Observer details cases of cleaning staff throwing out modern art displays. A year ago, art duo Goldschmidt & Chiari set up a piece called “Where shall we go dancing tonight?” that featured cigarette butts, 300 empty champagne bottles and confetti. It was made to depict “1980s hedonism.”

When the cleaning crew came around they thought it was a mess left over after a wild party and they cleaned the entire room. Oops.

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At least Erica May-Scherzer didn’t toss out a piece of modern art. Although Max could probably use that jersey to create a tableau of modern art. Throw it on the ground, spit some sunflower seeds on it, drop a rosin bag and voila! Modern art.