Noah Syndergaard Is One Of The Best Pitchers In Baseball, And They Still Can't Spell His Name Right At The All Star Game
All Star Game poster guy had one job here. Spell Noah Syndergaard’s name correctly, and he couldn’t even do it. Being that this is my first year covering the MLB, I’ll admit that I struggled with the name Syndergaard for a little bit, but poster guy fucked up the easy part. Snydergaard? Really?
I could never remember if it was two A’s or two R’s at the end. Like riding a bike, though. Once you learn it, it’s pretty hard to fuck it up again. Big swing and a miss by poster guy. There are plenty of names you can whiff on, and nobody will even care/notice. Clay Buchholz has been in Boston for 10 years, and people fuck that one up all the time. I used to get confused because of Larry Lucchino. One guy is double C, the other is double H. I see Bucholtz, Buccholz, etc. It’s whatever. But when you’re 9-4 with a 2.56 ERA and 128 strikeouts in 105.2 innings, you gotta spell that right. No excuses. He deserves better. It’s okay, though. This is Syndergaard’s first All Star Game, but rest assured it won’t be his last.
Shout out to his mom for still posing with the poster anyway. It’s like when your kid makes you something shitty in art class, but you still have to put it on the fridge. She’s got every right to be proud of Thor. Poster guy, not so much.