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

Baseball mud is part of the game’s mythology. Since the 1950s, it has been dug up along the Delaware River and applied to ...

Shravan Pradeep and colleagues use a series of mechanical tests and advanced imaging techniques to understand how the mud interacts with baseballs. Their findings reveal that Rubbing Mud alters the ...

While it can’t be credited with winning the Los Angeles Dodgers their eighth World Series championship, baseball’s “magic mud ...

A special mud gets rubbed on every baseball before every MLB game to make them less slippery. A new study explains the ...

The unique properties of baseball's famed "magic" mud have never been scientifically quantified—until now. In a paper in ...

This year’s World Series may be over, but the sport has yet another success story that’s making headlines. This time, however ...

Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud has been used since before the 1950s to improve the grip players can get on baseballs.

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 ...

Scientists analyzed baseball's "magic" mud, uncovering unique texture and adhesive properties. It grips like sandpaper yet spreads like cream.