Baseball's dirty little secret

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  • @superbad1982
    @superbad1982 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    My left ear absolutely was thrilled by this.

    • @rileysamuel4360
      @rileysamuel4360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @coltino99
      @coltino99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tilt your phone the other way

    • @NoCluYT
      @NoCluYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@coltino99 headphones...

    • @chrizzchavzz
      @chrizzchavzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I tried killing the fly

    • @MediQate
      @MediQate 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Turn on “Mono Audio” on iPhone.

  • @Joe-mz6dc
    @Joe-mz6dc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Does this gentleman not own a pair of rubber boots?

    • @mcmarine777
      @mcmarine777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @coreygolphenee9633
      @coreygolphenee9633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @TaterNoggin
    @TaterNoggin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @benrivenbark
      @benrivenbark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In tennis shoes and socks. WTF.

  • @kakashi710
    @kakashi710 13 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    my left ear enjoyed listening to this information

  • @WHYYPhiladelphia
    @WHYYPhiladelphia  13 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    @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!

  • @TomSmith-kc8mz
    @TomSmith-kc8mz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just say you have never played baseball before

    • @TomSmith-kc8mz
      @TomSmith-kc8mz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @HybridBlueDream
      @HybridBlueDream 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TomSmith-kc8mz lol exactly

    • @chiefredwater1965
      @chiefredwater1965 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @GAME4WAR
    @GAME4WAR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @fdajax5107
    @fdajax5107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very fine and soft mineral composition it seems

  • @imalamboman12
    @imalamboman12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @WHYYPhiladelphia
    @WHYYPhiladelphia  13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    @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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @azcardguy7825
    @azcardguy7825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @RealAadilFarooqui
    @RealAadilFarooqui 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @keenkennyny
    @keenkennyny 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @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.

  • @howardrobinette711
    @howardrobinette711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @toobeast5485
      @toobeast5485 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @nickyeayea7257
    @nickyeayea7257 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @Jeff98177
    @Jeff98177 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Jeff98177
      @Jeff98177 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @thunderbugcreative7778
    @thunderbugcreative7778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 😂

  • @barryross89
    @barryross89 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @maxhenry8008
    @maxhenry8008 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @crunchchannel9391
    @crunchchannel9391 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @msain427
    @msain427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @JOEBROWN08
    @JOEBROWN08 12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

  • @retsuza
    @retsuza 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    kevin james?

  • @jaimeramirez4766
    @jaimeramirez4766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @noodlegrannybill
    @noodlegrannybill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    gonna get trench foot lool

  • @connerchaney8365
    @connerchaney8365 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @Abu__Maryam
      @Abu__Maryam 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He should be wearing boots

    • @noahreyna76
      @noahreyna76 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shut up

  • @WAVWeAreVanquisher
    @WAVWeAreVanquisher 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many dollar one ball?

    • @dominikszkoda8566
      @dominikszkoda8566 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Vercingetorix.Rising
    @Vercingetorix.Rising 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a hustle

  • @CometLol
    @CometLol 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are you serious...

  • @hilldwler420
    @hilldwler420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Elsanta666
    @Elsanta666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    we spit and out infield dirt

  • @user-tb2jy9lu3d
    @user-tb2jy9lu3d 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @BlueglazeDesign
    @BlueglazeDesign 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it. What camera was this shot with?

  • @vstabill36
    @vstabill36 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @Chris-lh7wj
    @Chris-lh7wj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @IamNotaThreat
    @IamNotaThreat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Pennsauken creek in new jersey.

    • @PhucLe-ck1qb
      @PhucLe-ck1qb 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Symptomaticnhac vang

    • @howardrobinette711
      @howardrobinette711 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope, that’s not it !

    • @mitchellpeters1527
      @mitchellpeters1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Hannibal54689
    @Hannibal54689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Audio screwed up. Thumbs down

  • @AaronJensen2375
    @AaronJensen2375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope, not close.

    • @MewsDabest
      @MewsDabest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @howardrobinette711
      @howardrobinette711 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @fronzjr8925
      @fronzjr8925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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).

  • @yellowpole9651
    @yellowpole9651 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @heartofthehide157
      @heartofthehide157 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yellowpole yes lol

    • @ColtinJames
      @ColtinJames 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Arvak777
      @Arvak777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its the mud in the other earpiece.

    • @tannerkrug23
      @tannerkrug23 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yellowpole ya I was like did my headphones brake

    • @jjcuna
      @jjcuna 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's my left one.

  • @kevinhur99
    @kevinhur99 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much much do u get payed to do this

    • @jarrod7047
      @jarrod7047 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @kevinpalladino5102
    @kevinpalladino5102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @brycebecroft1384
    @brycebecroft1384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Philly all day 215 lets go

  • @Elsanta666
    @Elsanta666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ktat01
      @ktat01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

  • @CJCurry-ql8cq
    @CJCurry-ql8cq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol I live right near here

    • @TycoBox
      @TycoBox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where is the location?

  • @oVoxxy
    @oVoxxy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @offtherecordive
    @offtherecordive 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @marz9078
    @marz9078 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @mathewparrett
      @mathewparrett 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      grp

    • @ferretbaby1992
      @ferretbaby1992 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @BartBanda
    @BartBanda 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @MuhammadAbdullah-cc9ki
    @MuhammadAbdullah-cc9ki 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This isn't dirty yeah dirty

  • @BigMuddyFootballGuy
    @BigMuddyFootballGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @MMMmyshawarma
      @MMMmyshawarma 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @VanHellsing12
    @VanHellsing12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @VanHellsing12
      @VanHellsing12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Mickey-rd5uo
    @Mickey-rd5uo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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……

  • @antfarm183
    @antfarm183 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interesting great video :]

  • @ZR-PntGD
    @ZR-PntGD 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Jeff98177
      @Jeff98177 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Noxi0uz
    @Noxi0uz 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    HAHA! "Magic Mud" :D

  • @andysnyder6508
    @andysnyder6508 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    is that cheating in baseball

    • @aldayeditz9772
      @aldayeditz9772 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andy Snyder noo

    • @TycoBox
      @TycoBox 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @DRoddk13
    @DRoddk13 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is this a dirty little secret??

    • @Publicgqming
      @Publicgqming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @MrCorusoe
    @MrCorusoe 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @clemenx
    @clemenx 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Costa Rica, But yeah pretty much.

    • @aldayeditz9772
      @aldayeditz9772 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @NicholleChristineEdwards
    @NicholleChristineEdwards ปีที่แล้ว +1

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