Monday night, Diamondbacks rookie Max Scherzer made his debut start, giving up five runs (two earned) in four innings.    In the hoopla leading up to the start, Jason Major included Scherzer in a Top 7 list, and MLB.com revealed the most unusual of superstitions Scherzer developed while in college at the University of Missouri:    

His parents met at the University of Missouri and he played for Missouri, where he was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in 2005. And while there, he reeled off a five-game scoreless tear, wearing his underwear backwards, a mistake he made suiting up for what turned out to be the initial win of that streak.

"I realized the first game that I had my shorts on backwards and I didn't give up any runs," he said. "So I wore them that way for another four starts and didn't give up any runs. After that last game one of my teammates noticed I had them on backwards. He saw what I was doing and said something. Sure enough, the next outing I gave up a run in the first. So I figure I can't tell anybody what I'm doing."

As Kevin Nealon used to occasionally say on Weekend Update, "good to know." 

Also good to know?  The mainstream outlets tend to think with the same brain.  Screenshots, back me up on this one: 

Scherzer struggled in his debut, you say?  Doesn't matter to the headline writers.

Even when the headlines don't make sense.

Gee; it's almost as if these headlines were preordained.

 Hey, did SI just say "to the Max"?  Then by Gawd, we should go there!