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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.o...

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  • @TaterNoggin
    @TaterNoggin3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @benrivenbark

    @benrivenbark

    3 жыл бұрын

    In tennis shoes and socks. WTF.

  • @superbad1982
    @superbad19826 жыл бұрын

    My left ear absolutely was thrilled by this.

  • @rileysamuel4360

    @rileysamuel4360

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @coltino99

    @coltino99

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tilt your phone the other way

  • @NoCluYT

    @NoCluYT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@coltino99 headphones...

  • @chrizzchavzz

    @chrizzchavzz

    3 жыл бұрын

    I tried killing the fly

  • @MediQate

    @MediQate

    3 жыл бұрын

    Turn on “Mono Audio” on iPhone.

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc8 жыл бұрын

    Does this gentleman not own a pair of rubber boots?

  • @mcmarine777

    @mcmarine777

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @coreygolphenee9633

    @coreygolphenee9633

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @SmartLEDSystems713

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TomSmith-kc8mz
    @TomSmith-kc8mz3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @chengbros6101

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @bigw1340

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just say you have never played baseball before

  • @TomSmith-kc8mz

    @TomSmith-kc8mz

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @HybridBlueDream

    @HybridBlueDream

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TomSmith-kc8mz lol exactly

  • @chiefredwater1965

    @chiefredwater1965

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GAME4WAR
    @GAME4WAR7 жыл бұрын

    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

    @coreygolphenee9633

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @davidsotomayor8713

    2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kakashi710
    @kakashi71013 жыл бұрын

    my left ear enjoyed listening to this information

  • @azcardguy7825
    @azcardguy78252 жыл бұрын

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

  • @WHYYPhiladelphia
    @WHYYPhiladelphia13 жыл бұрын

    @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!

  • @imalamboman12
    @imalamboman124 жыл бұрын

    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

    @coreygolphenee9633

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @quaoar213

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @fdajax5107
    @fdajax5107 Жыл бұрын

    Very fine and soft mineral composition it seems

  • @thunderbugcreative7778
    @thunderbugcreative77782 жыл бұрын

    "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

    @azcardguy7825

    2 жыл бұрын

    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 😂

  • @noodlegrannybill
    @noodlegrannybill7 жыл бұрын

    gonna get trench foot lool

  • @RealAadilFarooqui
    @RealAadilFarooqui2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @WHYYPhiladelphia
    @WHYYPhiladelphia13 жыл бұрын

    @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

    @Livereater

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JOEBROWN08
    @JOEBROWN0812 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickyeayea7257
    @nickyeayea72576 жыл бұрын

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

  • @connerchaney8365
    @connerchaney83657 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Abu__Maryam

    @Abu__Maryam

    4 жыл бұрын

    He should be wearing boots

  • @noahreyna76

    @noahreyna76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shut up

  • @howardrobinette711
    @howardrobinette7112 жыл бұрын

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

  • @toobeast5485

    @toobeast5485

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @maxhenry8008
    @maxhenry80082 ай бұрын

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

  • @barryross89
    @barryross899 ай бұрын

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

  • @keenkennyny
    @keenkennyny13 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @jaimeramirez4766
    @jaimeramirez47664 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @user-tb2jy9lu3d
    @user-tb2jy9lu3d7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @msain427
    @msain427 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @crunchchannel9391
    @crunchchannel93913 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Jeff98177
    @Jeff981777 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Sethbot-sv1gk

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jeff98177

    @Jeff98177

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Elsanta666
    @Elsanta6667 жыл бұрын

    we spit and out infield dirt

  • @vstabill36
    @vstabill364 жыл бұрын

    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

    @willc5208

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @CometLol
    @CometLol13 жыл бұрын

    Are you serious...

  • @retsuza
    @retsuza13 жыл бұрын

    kevin james?

  • @Chris-lh7wj
    @Chris-lh7wj2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Elsanta666
    @Elsanta6667 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ktat01

    @ktat01

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @Vercingetorix.Fantasia
    @Vercingetorix.Fantasia3 жыл бұрын

    What a hustle

  • @yellowpole9651
    @yellowpole96517 жыл бұрын

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

  • @heartofthehide157

    @heartofthehide157

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yellowpole yes lol

  • @ColtinJames

    @ColtinJames

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Arvak777

    @Arvak777

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its the mud in the other earpiece.

  • @tannerkrug23

    @tannerkrug23

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yellowpole ya I was like did my headphones brake

  • @jjcuna

    @jjcuna

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's my left one.

  • @BartBanda
    @BartBanda13 жыл бұрын

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

  • @brycebecroft1384
    @brycebecroft13847 жыл бұрын

    Philly all day 215 lets go

  • @michaelneary4217

    @michaelneary4217

    7 жыл бұрын

    tacony at that

  • @corylynn8739

    @corylynn8739

    7 жыл бұрын

    Houston all day sonnnn we're #1

  • @eaglesavage4929

    @eaglesavage4929

    4 жыл бұрын

    Its South Jersey not P.A

  • @BlueglazeDesign
    @BlueglazeDesign13 жыл бұрын

    Love it. What camera was this shot with?

  • @hilldwler420
    @hilldwler420 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @AaronJensen2375
    @AaronJensen23755 жыл бұрын

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

  • @paulb.9742

    @paulb.9742

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope, not close.

  • @MewsDabest

    @MewsDabest

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @howardrobinette711

    @howardrobinette711

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @fronzjr8925

    @fronzjr8925

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @joemcdugle5465

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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).

  • @kevinpalladino5102
    @kevinpalladino51022 жыл бұрын

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

  • @oVoxxy
    @oVoxxy2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @timharper4246

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheJackPrice

    @TheJackPrice

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @CJCurry-ql8cq
    @CJCurry-ql8cq7 жыл бұрын

    lol I live right near here

  • @TycoBox

    @TycoBox

    6 жыл бұрын

    Where is the location?

  • @offtherecordive
    @offtherecordive3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @IamNotaThreat
    @IamNotaThreat7 жыл бұрын

    Pennsauken creek in new jersey.

  • @PhucLe-ck1qb

    @PhucLe-ck1qb

    7 жыл бұрын

    Symptomaticnhac vang

  • @howardrobinette711

    @howardrobinette711

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nope, that’s not it !

  • @mitchellpeters1527

    @mitchellpeters1527

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @howardrobinette711

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @VanHellsing12
    @VanHellsing123 жыл бұрын

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

  • @VanHellsing12

    @VanHellsing12

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @WAVWeAreVanquisher
    @WAVWeAreVanquisher11 жыл бұрын

    How many dollar one ball?

  • @dominikszkoda8566

    @dominikszkoda8566

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Noxi0uz
    @Noxi0uz13 жыл бұрын

    HAHA! "Magic Mud" :D

  • @BigMuddyFootballGuy
    @BigMuddyFootballGuy4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @dreamersdisease2481

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MMMmyshawarma

    @MMMmyshawarma

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Hannibal54689
    @Hannibal546893 жыл бұрын

    Audio screwed up. Thumbs down

  • @antfarm183
    @antfarm18313 жыл бұрын

    very interesting great video :]

  • @MuhammadAbdullah-cc9ki
    @MuhammadAbdullah-cc9ki3 жыл бұрын

    This isn't dirty yeah dirty

  • @Mickey-rd5uo
    @Mickey-rd5uo3 жыл бұрын

    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……

  • @NicholleChristineEdwards
    @NicholleChristineEdwards Жыл бұрын

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @kevinhur99
    @kevinhur9912 жыл бұрын

    How much much do u get payed to do this

  • @jarrod7047

    @jarrod7047

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @marz9078
    @marz90787 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mathewparrett

    @mathewparrett

    7 жыл бұрын

    grp

  • @ferretbaby1992

    @ferretbaby1992

    7 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ZR-PntGD
    @ZR-PntGD7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Jeff98177

    @Jeff98177

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @andysnyder6508
    @andysnyder65087 жыл бұрын

    is that cheating in baseball

  • @aldayeditz9772

    @aldayeditz9772

    7 жыл бұрын

    Andy Snyder noo

  • @TycoBox

    @TycoBox

    6 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrCorusoe
    @MrCorusoe12 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @DRoddk13
    @DRoddk1312 жыл бұрын

    Why is this a dirty little secret??

  • @Publicgqming

    @Publicgqming

    7 жыл бұрын

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

  • @clemenx
    @clemenx12 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nickw22689

    7 жыл бұрын

    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

    @ws3369

    7 жыл бұрын

    Costa Rica, But yeah pretty much.

  • @aldayeditz9772

    @aldayeditz9772

    7 жыл бұрын

    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