A 45-gallon rubber barrel sits in a cluttered garage along the Jersey Shore, filled waist-high with what looks like the world’s least appetizing chocolate pudding. It is nothing more than icky, gooey, ...

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 ...

This is the magic mud, photographed on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 in Longport, N.J. The baseballs used in every Major League Baseball game are prepped with mud from New Jersey. Lena Blackburne Baseball ...

In the intricate world of baseball, one of the game's most peculiar traditions involves the application of a special mud to baseballs before they're used in play. This unique substance, known for its ...

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 ...

The unique properties of baseball's famed 'magic' mud, which MLB equipment managers applied to every ball in the World Series, have never been scientifically quantified -- until now. Researchers now ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It’s a tradition that dates back to 1938. For more than 80 years, baseball teams have been coating each ball in Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud. And there’s a good reason ...

I suspect that when Lena Blackburne glanced down at his statistics, he came to the gut-wrenching conclusion that his numbers just might not be Hall-worthy. After all, with a .214 lifetime average, ...

Baseball, America’s past past time, is a pretty quirky game with quirkier players and quirkiest traditions. Chew tobacco! Sunflower seeds! Rally caps! Seventh Inning Stretch! And even a “special mud” ...

LONGPORT, N.J. — A 45-gallon rubber barrel sits in a cluttered garage along the Jersey Shore, filled waist-high with what looks like the world’s least appetizing chocolate pudding. It is nothing more ...