Effectively Wild Episode 2344: Shutout Shoutouts
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Paul Skenes’s new interest, Clayton Kershaw and the evolution of 3,000-strikeout celebrations, and the deepening deadball era in Japan. After that (24:37), frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson joins to discuss why there have been so many team shutouts this season and then deliver several Stat Blasts, followed (1:02:56) by postscript updates.
Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Hiles tweet
Link to Reddit joke
Link to pitcher run support
Link to Kershaw’s 3000th K
Link to FG post on Kershaw
Link to Scherzer’s 3000th K
Link to 3000th-K montage
Link to 3000-K club wiki
Link to Facebook post
Link to 2025 Pacific League
Link to 2025 Central League
Link to team shutouts count
Link to shutout-rate data
Link to Posnanski on shutouts
Link to BP on blowouts
Link to 50-gun salute
Link to SP matchups data
Link to SP matchups leaders
Link to homer-matching data
Link to Roberts confession
Link to FG Parker obit
Link to Parker shirt info
Link to Parker smoking photo
Link to last-shutout data
Link to most younger PA list
Link to most younger BF list
Link to Woo tweet
Link to listener emails database
Link to EW YouTube playlist
Link to Pujols/Cabrera story
Link to Boyd video
Link to EW Episode 1735
Link to EW Episode 1736
Link to Independence Day post
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