Baseball has a muddy secret. For over 80 years, a mysterious mud sourced from an undisclosed New Jersey river location has become an essential part of every Major League Baseball game. Known as ...

Baseball mud is part of the game’s mythology. Since the 1950s, it has been dug up along the Delaware River and applied to ...

I’m back! A big thank you to Jon Caramanica, Marc Tracy and Dave Renard, the three guest playlisters who filled in for me while I took a few weeks off. The Amplifier returns to its regular schedule ...

The magic mud is applied to every ball used in Major League Baseball, including in this year’s World Series. Credit must be given to the creator. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.

For more than 80 years, baseball has relied on a stash of special mud to take the shine off balls’ slick leather and give ...