Share 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 manager applies it to every game ball. It improves the grip on the ball, can dull the shine on a new ball, and keep it from getting damaged. Now, the unique properties of this naturally occurring substance have been scientifically quantified. A study published November 4 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) details…
