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Why do workers rub special mud
on baseballs?

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Mud rubbing baseball is mud used to fix the ball in baseball games to give the pitcher better control and a stronger grip on the ball

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Before all major- and minor-league baseball games, an umpire or clubhouse attendant rubs six dozen or more balls with the mud to give them a rougher surface, to make them easier for pitchers to grip, and to comply with MLB Rule 4.01(c).His Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud is applied to every baseball used in a big-league game, to help pitchers grip the ball better as they launch it toward home plate. “When fresh baseballs come out of the box, they're quite slick. ... The magic mud soon spread through baseball's American and then National leagues.Apr 2, 2017

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