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 ...

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, ...

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.” ...

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 ...

BURLINGTON CO., New Jersey (WPVI) -- When pitchers across Major League Baseball take to the mound, they rely on a secret ingredient that comes from a fishing hole in southern New Jersey. The special ...

The spot is about 100 yards into the forest along the banks of a Delaware River waterway. It’s in Burlington County on Green Acres space, and Jim Bintliff has been coming to the same place for more ...

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 ...

LONGPORT, New Jersey (WPVI) -- It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it for America's pastime. Jim Bintliff is a self-described "mud guy." He harvests and processes the mud that helps pitchers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. First, I just want to say that I believe radical optimism is going to be an important part ...

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 ...