The Source of Baseballs Magic Mud

Pretty interesting story about the origin of the rubbing mud required to be used on every baseball before it is put into play.

Theres a quote from Tim Hudson included, as well as a braves assistant coach.

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New Jersey??

Well, go figure, I suppose. If any place in the world is going to be famous for its mud, I guess New Jersey fits the bill, quite well.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 28, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

BUUUUUUUUUUUUURN!

PS New Jersey sucks

by someguy917 on Oct 28, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I technically live in Jersey, even though I spend almost all of my day in NYC. But, New Jersey sucks so much that with all the bridges that Paterson burned, all we have to do is flood the tunnels and then we can be kept out of it.

(Yunel is still the Queen of Hearts)

by GoBravesNY on Oct 28, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, seriously. I went to New Jersey this weekend for the first time and it’s every bit as ridiculous as I’ve always though. Even made a video on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2c1bIlwEdM

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Oct 29, 2009 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow. jersey just got Pwned. with a capital P

(Yunel is still the Queen of Hearts)

by GoBravesNY on Oct 29, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I’m just trying to decipher what it is on your plate. It looks like . . . a Chex-Mix slice of pizza.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 29, 2009 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was ziti. It was a movie prop I was…disposing of.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
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by cbwilk on Oct 30, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

“But yeah, uh, Jersey still blows”. I so lol’d.
You should’ve gone to Maumee, Ohio. My un-homely sister lives there – she got all the good genes in the family…5’10", blonde, nice twins (hey, I’m just quoting her). She’s got a different mom, too, so no present face.
Did you lose weight or just hair? Your face & shoulders look thinner.

by Lizziebeth on Oct 31, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Little bit of weight. Needs to be a lot more. But thanks for noticing.

Nice twins…what a quote.

"At least he didn’t nail the bitchy fat girl from Hell's Kitchen."
www.dropoutproductions.com

by cbwilk on Oct 31, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good read, thanks.

by Lizziebeth on Oct 28, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think that is so cool....

Especially this:

“It’s the history and the tradition,” said Bintliff, who plans to one day hand the business down to his daughter, Rachel. "It’s something I’ve been doing since I was a kid and I wouldn’t give it up for anything.

“From 1938, on all those record home runs and those thousands of strikeouts, my mud’s been on every ball.”

I know this may sound crazy to some people, but I’m jealous.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Oct 30, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs