Speaking of rubbing stuff on baseballs: Did you know that every ball used in MLB has mud rubbed on it before the game to dull the shine and give it a better grip? It started in 1938 by Lena Blackburne, a third base coach for the Philadelphia #Athletics. https://t.co/W2NjicaDeg pic.twitter.com/1fLLEpFm6M
— Anti-Fisher by Design (@AsFanByDesign) June 10, 2021
What’s so "magic" about the secret South Jersey mud rubbed on baseballs? These Penn researchers think they know why. https://t.co/xOAp1YGCQt
— The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) October 27, 2023
All MLB baseballs get rubbed down with mud from South Jersey before every game. Here is a 4 min video explaini… http://t.co/vAsIE7TkLZ
— baseball reddit (@baseballreddit) March 30, 2015
Sad! 