Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer solves the occasional crossword, but he was surprised when he saw his own name appear in one.
Detroit, Michigan — It’s not every day that your name appears in the USA Today crossword puzzle. So When Max Scherzer opened Tuesday’s USA crossword, he was in for a surprise, his name appeared in the Tuesday’s USA Today crossword edition.
“When you go get your driver’s license, as painfully slow as the DMV is, it can be a tortuous experience trying to figure out, you need a three-letter abbreviation for your eye color,” Scherzer told reporters before Tuesday’s game. “So I thought they were going to put BL-BR on my license and they had to go look up in a book for the eye color. My color is dichro so the three-letter abbreviation is DIC.”
The clue was “Max Scherzer’s pride” and the correct answer was “arm,” but Scherzer had a difference of opinion on the matter and took to Twitter to share his thoughts about what he thought it should have been.
Check out 7 down in the USA TODAY.. If They did their homework the answer should be DIC for eye color. #luvdablueye pic.twitter.com/DfzUNCvZwG
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) June 3, 2014
Play the June 3rd Printable USA Today Crossword edition (featuring Max Scherzer)
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