Dale Good spotted an unusual article, “Soft matter mechanics of baseball’s Rubbing Mud,’’ in the Nov. 4 LNP. He wondered if there is any association between contemporary baseball mud and mud that ...

Since the 1940s, baseball players have been spreading a special kind of “magic mud” on new baseballs to reduce the slick, glossy shine and give pitchers a firmer grip. Now, scientists at the ...

Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud has been used since before the 1950s to improve the grip players can get on baseballs. But how the creamy, dark-brown material modifies the surface of baseballs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baltimore Orioles clubhouse worker Sammy Sanchez rubs mud on a new baseball as the team prepares for the start of spring training, ...

PHILADELPHIA — Professional baseball has a strange pre-game ritual that’s been happening for almost 100 years: rubbing each pristine white baseball with special mud harvested from a secret spot on a ...

With baseball spring training underway, it's a good time to look at the special mud used on baseballs. Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud has a long and fascinating role in baseball history, emerging ...

The mud is called Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing mud and allows pitchers to have a better grip on balls. Before this mud, baseballs were rubbed in water and dirt and sometimes tobacco juice and shoe ...

For more than 80 years, baseball has relied on a stash of special mud to take the shine off balls’ slick leather and give fielders a better grip. The substance is rubbed on every baseball before every ...