Max Scherzer on neck injury: 'I’m as disappointed as I could possibly be'

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WASHINGTON — Hours after he had been scratched from his start in Sunday night's Game 5 of the World Series, three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was so fragile his voice shook. Scherzer, with Stephen Strasburg the Washington Nationals co-ace, said he experienced minor neck spasms Friday and Saturday and awakened Sunday morning to discover the symptoms had worsened, to the point he was unable to dress himself. On his drive to Nationals Park, he'd texted teammate Joe Ross, his tentative replacement for Game 5, telling Ross the start would be his.

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