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 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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