Baseball's dirty little secret

Every Major League baseball put into play for the last 3/4 century has a secret connection to the Delaware River. More info: www.newsworks.org/index.php/he...

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Does this gentleman not own a pair of rubber boots?

[@mcmarine777]

Joe Strummer At $100 per can of mud, I don't think his nightly pedicurist minds.....

[@coreygolphenee9633]

He probably makes nine grand in an hour of shoveling, it's a matter of pride to not dress to make that kind of money

[@SmartLEDSystems713]

He probably doesn’t since the mud doesn’t even come from the river.

[@superbad1982]

My left ear absolutely was thrilled by this.

[@rileysamuel4360]

Thanks to you i now know my right headphone didn’t die

[@coltino99]

Tilt your phone the other way

[@NoCluYT]

@@coltino99 headphones...

[@chrizzchavzz]

I tried killing the fly

[@MediQate]

Turn on “Mono Audio” on iPhone.

[@TaterNoggin]

So the guy scoops up free mud... And sells it.... Good for him 🤷🏻

[@benrivenbark]

In tennis shoes and socks. WTF.

[@TomSmith-kc8mz]

MLB: it is illegal to place any foreign substance on a baseball. Also MLB: We put a foreign substance on every single ball we use. Its illegal to use a ball without it.

[@chengbros6101]

No mud makes the baseball A little bit more slippery so when the ball comes out it doesn’t come out the wrong way

[@bigw1340]

Just say you have never played baseball before

[@TomSmith-kc8mz]

@@bigw1340 I played through college but thanks for asking.

[@HybridBlueDream]

@@TomSmith-kc8mz lol exactly

[@chiefredwater1965]

So is this what they banned recently in the MLB causing pitchers all kinds of grip problems??

[@azcardguy7825]

If he’s wanting to keep the location a secret, he’s not doing a great job haha

[@kakashi710]

my left ear enjoyed listening to this information

[@GAME4WAR]

No wonder i sucked in Little league, they didn't use that mud. Ugh my Pro-baseball career dreams were ruined by not using this mud when i was 12. 8-(

[@coreygolphenee9633]

The only one who did was an old guy that loved the game more then life it self, but mad does it make you feel special on the mound

[@davidsotomayor8713]

Little league baseballs have much higher seams and don't get changed as much so the mud isn't necessary. If you ever get a chance compare a LL baseball to an MLB ball, totally different.

[@WHYYPhiladelphia]

@kakashi710 Yea, in the rush to get the video done before the Phillies got eliminated in game 5, we overlooked a couple of tracks that were panned to the left only. Not usually a problem unless your using earphones, but glad at least your left side enjoyed!

[@fdajax5107]

Very fine and soft mineral composition it seems

[@imalamboman12]

So basically the key is high inorganic material. Which is why mud from a grassy area will not work the same way. Clay is needed, I suspect you could use any kind of clay, not just from the deloware

[@coreygolphenee9633]

I think the super fine silt texture it has is hard to replicate, the stuff has the consistency of sour cream and will not score into the leather of a ball, it's basically exfoliating the ball

[@quaoar213]

You aren't considering the superstitious culture of baseball. It must be Lena Mud... that is the only mud that works.

[@RealAadilFarooqui]

As Sensei Kungu Panda's Father Said "You Know What's My Little Secret?" "There's no Secret"

[@WHYYPhiladelphia]

@utubesqueeze The brand-new balls they used before they began mudding were slick, so there were a lot more wild pitches. It all started in August 1920 when Ray Chapman, a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians was struck by a pitch and died days later. After that, umpires began looking for a way to add grip to the ball.

[@Livereater]

wouldn't the baseballs back in 1920 had been used enough thru the course of the game to not be slick?

[@BlueglazeDesign]

Love it. What camera was this shot with?

[@thunderbugcreative7778]

"It's mud, the kind I played with as a kid" is a scientifically exact statement. People spend $100 for a small tub literal river silt because MLB has a contract with some dude for mud. Heres a secret... the application of any mud in the right quantity will achieve intended results. So will rolling the ball around in the dirt and playing catch. Potters clay also works great.

[@azcardguy7825]

Yeah for the most part that’s exactly true. The water content is the most important part. The guy claims to add a “secret ingredient” which we all know is bs 😂

[@maxhenry8008]

Rancocas creek just south of the 130 bridge old guy thinks we can’t figure it out😂

[@nickyeayea7257]

So that's a public water way, and publicly owned mud right?

[@keenkennyny]

@lazarra101 because chalk is white, he mentioned that pitchers wanted it darker so they could have a grip on the ball. I don't play baseball so I don't know what that means... Plus I can imagine that mud would stick onto a baseball much better than chalk would.

[@noodlegrannybill]

gonna get trench foot lool

[@JOEBROWN08]

I LIVE NEAR THERE IM GOIN TO GRAB SOME ANY ONE WANNA BUY SOME HAHAH

[@crunchchannel9391]

This is why the basebakks are so slick and why they need the sticky stuff to grip the balls. If they stop doing this maybe the pitchers can grip the ball. dry mud has a slick dry dusty feel this should stop

[@howardrobinette711]

I know exactly where that mud hole is located. I grew up a couple miles away from it.

[@toobeast5485]

I believe I found it too on Google Maps, it’s Rancocas creek?

[@Mikefantasia22]

What a hustle

[@Jeff98177]

3:11 I've gotten balls in BP that are even darker than the one on the left.Other times, I've seen balls with a really light mud coating.

[@Sethbot-sv1gk]

Dosent it just depend on the team? Or in the mlb atleast?

[@Jeff98177]

@@Sethbot-sv1gk Probably depends on who rubs them down, maybe some people use too much mud.

[@connerchaney8365]

Anyone else cringe when that dude walked through the river with shoes on

[@Abu__Maryam]

He should be wearing boots

[@noahreyna76]

Shut up

[@barryross89]

My question is: Why did they start mudding baseballs after a player died? What’s the connection there?

[@msain427]

So secret that you were a bright red shirt and cap and carry buckets down to the river to scoop mud

[@jmr1068204]

Umm...get some rubber boots, man. Seriously. That made my feet uncomfortable just watching you squish around in the mud in your shoes.

[@jaimeramirez4766]

Lol is that why the equipment manager does it? .MLB Rule: No player is permitted to intentionally damage, deface or discolor the baseball by rubbing it with any type of foreign item or substance, including dirt or saliva. Failure to follow this rule will result in an ejection and an automatic 10-game suspension.

[@Elsanta666]

we spit and out infield dirt

[@retsuza]

kevin james?

[@Chris-lh7wj]

What do you do for a living? “ I put mud on baseballs”

[@hilldwler420]

Do all the chem plants up and down the Delaware have anything to do with it?

[@antfarm183]

very interesting great video :]

[@CometLol]

Are you serious...

[@vstabill36]

New ball will sail unpredictably without being rubbed down. For me it would sail left about 6" to a foot. Pitched from Little League past College. Pitchers hate throwing a ball that isn't rubbed down. Can't control a fastball. Curve, slider no big deal because you're throwing against the seams and intentionally spinning the ball. Best I can explain a new, unrubbed ball, is it's like throwing a fork ball or split finger fastball, only even more uncontrollably.

[@willc5208]

Exactly

[@offtherecordive]

왠지 저 진흙이 굳어서 공의 표면이 사포처럼 거칠어서 손가락에 더 잘감길거같은 ...? ㅎ

[@AaronJensen2375]

Use Google maps to find "Trenton Water Works" in Trenton, NJ. It's just a few feet west of that property line.

[@paulb.9742]

Nope, not close.

[@MewsDabest]

@@paulb.9742 Good try at throwing us off your trail,I'm coming for your mud boy

[@howardrobinette711]

Way off ! I lived a couple miles away from the mud hole and know exactly where it is.

[@fronzjr8925]

@@howardrobinette711 I looked for it, by satellite images I think it is 200 ft NE of 3 Rancocas St, Delran just to the right of the single dock (not the clump)

[@joemcdugle5465]

@@fronzjr8925I agree. On Google maps you can see the old dock pillars that he is digging around. You see the RT 130 bridge in the background and a single two story house amongst single story houses on the other side of the Rancocas Creek (the Willingboro side).

[@Noxi0uz]

HAHA! "Magic Mud" :D

[@kevinpalladino5102]

I can if the Phillies can find a playoff berth in the same mud...

[@yellowpole9651]

Headphone users does anyone else have no sound in the right ear piece

[@heartofthehide157]

Yellowpole yes lol

[@ColtinJames]

Yellowpole hate it when this happens lol you're not alone!

[@Arvak777]

Its the mud in the other earpiece.

[@tannerkrug23]

Yellowpole ya I was like did my headphones brake

[@jjcuna]

It's my left one.

[@WAVWeAreVanquisher]

How many dollar one ball?

[@dominikszkoda8566]

WA V they go for around 15 to 20 dollars for a game used one

[@Elsanta666]

dud is like i give a fuck i just do what im told

[@ktat01]

😂😂😂

[@CJCurry-ql8cq]

lol I live right near here

[@TycoBox]

Where is the location?

[@BartBanda]

why not make the baseballs "muddy" when they come out of the baseball factory?

[@brycebecroft1384]

Philly all day 215 lets go

[@michaelneary4217]

tacony at that

[@corylynn8739]

Houston all day sonnnn we're #1

[@eaglesavage4929]

Its South Jersey not P.A

[@IamNotaThreat]

Pennsauken creek in new jersey.

[@PhucLe-ck1qb]

Symptomaticnhac vang

[@howardrobinette711]

Nope, that’s not it !

[@mitchellpeters1527]

@@howardrobinette711 burlington county. He was right off main river bank not a creek. back in a little cove god damn i need to find a hobby

[@howardrobinette711]

@@mitchellpeters1527 Nope, it is not the main river bank.

[@vkingcaesar]

lol I’m gonna steal this dudes whole ass lively hood like it’s not hard to look for the kind of markings and landmarks around this area especially if you grew up in the woods😂😂 like seriously that little outcrop of rocks is so recognizable lmao plus there’s not to many mud banks off of the Delaware that look like this area maybe 3-4

[@timharper4246]

He obviously didn't take them to his spot. And he has a contract with the MLB. There's no stealing his job.

[@TheJackPrice]

@@timharper4246 It is the exact spot, but like you said he has a contract so it doesn't matter. Also they won't be using it soon anyway a new compound was developed.

[@kevinhur99]

How much much do u get payed to do this

[@jarrod7047]

I read that the guy only makes about $20,000 a year at it, so he has another job. And thats with all major and minor league teams buying from him. Its also a rule that all game balls must be mud rubbed.

[@larrylopez9614]

Audio screwed up. Thumbs down

[@MuhammadAbdullah-cc9ki]

This isn't dirty yeah dirty

[@VanHellsing12]

Ha! I know exactly where that spot is! No worries. I'm not going to reveal spot.

[@VanHellsing12]

@Dakoda Fisher lol luckily for the man money doesn't move me)))

[@BigMuddyFootballGuy]

I like how he just walks in the mud without rubber boots or any type of protection. He just dresses natural with the muddy white socks and tennis shoes doing his job, nothing wrong with that! Hell, I played a lot of football in the rain and mud in full gear over 30+ years ago and it still doesn't bother me to get muddy in my own work clothes if I have to...it shows character! I don't think having muddy feet will give this gentleman "cooties" if anyone's grossing out about it! I'm sure he's used to it. Has anyone thought maybe he feels comfortable that way? If I was working beside him I'd be dressed the same way!

[@dreamersdisease2481]

You really are into mud. There's something for everyone.

[@MMMmyshawarma]

Bro, we get it, you like rolling around in mud.

[@marz9078]

Why don't they just make the balls darker in the factory

[@mathewparrett]

grp

[@ferretbaby1992]

MARZ probabaly cost more. in one video a guy says it costs him 100 a year to mud the balls. and he is also probaly payed salary

[@MrCorusoe]

This magic mud is featured in a short story I wrote about a year ago, entitled "Dirt". For a free e-copy of Dirt, go to smashwords, where you will also find also find my suspense/thriller for sale. If you like the one, I hope you'll consider the other. Thanks.

[@ZR-PntGD]

Honestly, the mud he was putting in the bucket looked ugly

[@Jeff98177]

They strain it and filter it. I read an article where it said the perfect mud is the consistency of chocolate pudding.

[@NicholleChristineEdwards]

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[@Mickey-rd5uo]

It would be MORE impressive if the mud came from high atop a mountain, and the balls were being rubbed by Buddhist Monks who have never seen a baseball game, and have not spoken a word in centuries……

[@andysnyder6508]

is that cheating in baseball

[@aldayeditz9772]

Andy Snyder noo

[@TycoBox]

No, i think the baseball player who find it... We need to sneak peek into the lake...

[@DRoddk13]

Why is this a dirty little secret??

[@Publicgqming]

DRoddk13 cuz you use a LITTLE mud to make the ball DIRTY

[@clemenx]

Can't the guys who make the balls just make them less shiny and with better grip out of thefactory? Baseball has too many useless stuff being kept with the excuse of "tradition"

[@nickw22689]

You should check out a video on how major league baseballs are produced, it's quite eye-opening the amount of effort that goes into it. They make them in Puerto Rico, I believe. Someone has to sit there and poke holes into each of the two leather panels, use a toxic adhesive to stick it on the wound up ball of string, then sew it up stitch by stitch.

[@ws3369]

Costa Rica, But yeah pretty much.

[@aldayeditz9772]

Clemente Bastidas no they cant cause the team that goes home chooses how dark they want em and how light they want em a factory cant have specific balls on how the batter/pitcher is gonna want it