It has just the right mix of spreadability, stickiness, and friction to give pitchers a better grip on the ball.

Baseball has a muddy secret. For over 80 years, a mysterious mud sourced from an undisclosed New Jersey river location has ...

The unique properties of baseball's famed "magic" mud have never been scientifically quantified—until now. In a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the ...

It was just mud. For decades, all the balls used in Major League Baseball have been coated with mud harvested from a secret spot along a Delaware River tributary in New Jersey. Only a few people ...

Fifth Third Field will be one of seven stops along the Cosmic Tour Takeover created by the Chili Peppers Baseball ...

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 ...

For years, a special mud has been rubbed on every baseball before every major league game to make it less slippery. The mud’s story dates to the 1930s, and MLB still relies on one small supplier.

Baltimore Orioles clubhouse worker Sammy Sanchez rubs mud on a new baseball as the team prepares for the start of spring training, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Feb. 13, 2009. For years, a special mud ...