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Every MLB ball is covered in mud from a secret location in New Jersey that only one man knows.

Every MLB ball is covered in mud from a secret location in New Jersey that only one man knows. It’s called Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing mud, and is used to allow pitchers to have a better grip over the balls. Before this mud came along, baseballs were rubbed in water and dirt, but this usually gave the ball a brown appearance.  Sometimes tobacco juice, shoe polish, and dirt were also used. When Lena Blackburne was a third base coach for the Philadelphia Athletics, he decided to set off on a...

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Published By: OMGFacts - Monday, 25 June, 2012

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