This year’s World Series may be over, but the sport has yet another success story that’s making headlines. This time, however, the legend in question isn’t a player—it’s the famous “magic mud.” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at ...
The unique properties of baseball’s famed “magic” mud have never been scientifically quantified — until now. In a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers at ...
While it can’t be credited with winning the Los Angeles Dodgers their eighth World Series championship, baseball’s “magic mud” is the stuff of lore. Each Major League Baseball (MLB) team’s equipment ...