Pitchers Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard, who started games 1 and 2 of the National League Division Series for the New York Mets, have names that conveniently fold into a simple mashup: Syndergrom.
This is possible for two reasons: their multisyllabic European last names and their strikingly similar pitching repertoires. DeGrom’s fastball averaged 94.9 mph in the regular season, Syndergaard’s was a bit harder, and both men throw the pitch a lot to great effect. The Dodgers got 10 hits in 13 1/3 innings off the two right-handers in the first two games of the series, scoring only one run with Syndergrom on the mound.