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 ...

Not many fans walk through the home-plate entrance to Five County Stadium, which is not the most convenient entry from the gravel parking lots. They’re mostly regulars, along with employees and suite ...

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 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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Toledo Mud Hens are set for Opening Day at Fifth Third Field on Friday, March 28 at 4:05 p.m. against the Columbus Clippers. This is the third consecutive season that Opening Day, known as the ...