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Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha
I've seen pieces on baseball broadcasts about equipment managers mudding the balls, but have never seen a container of the mud. Is this still the brand of choice for Major League Baseball?
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Ed, as far as I know, Lena's mud is a monopoly yet today. I'm not sure it is strictly a family business now, but for a couple of generations if you were a direct descendant of Mr. Blackburne, you fate in life was predetermined,.......
you were a
Mud Baby.
http://baseballrubbingmud.com/
The reference added suggests that perhaps all the Mud Babies are not direct descendants, but the company has remained privately held and remains the exclusive supplier of the product to MLB.