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.” ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Baltimore Orioles clubhouse worker Sammy Sanchez rubs mud on a new baseball as the team prepares for the start of spring training, ...

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 ...

The science pros at TKOR try making magic mud at home, revealing playful chemical reactions and hands-on slime experiments.

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