In game one of their playoff series, the Rays will face veteran righty, Matt Shoemaker.
My two year old loves baseball, and he especially loves Matt Shoemaker, whose name has caused him to invent the concept of heckling.
It’s not certain how far into the game Shoemaker will pitch. He hasn’t reached the fifth inning in three of his six starts this season, hooks are generally faster in the postseason, and the Blue Jays do have fellow starter Robbie Ray ready and available to take over.
He hears the announcers say “Shoemaker,” and he realizes that it’s a compound word, and that one can swap out the first half to make similar but different compound words.