Re:Why Western Pennsylvania dirt is used in the infields of ...
by ssl-3 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:17AM
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They don't sell treated balls, no. Not to the MLB or to anyone else. The mud folks are not in the business of performing ball treatments; they are instead in the business of selling mud.
As I understand it, in professional baseball, it is the job of the umpires to this use mud to take the sheen off of new balls, pre-game.
There is nothing here to be sad or outraged about. There is no scarcity or exclusivity here.
Nothing but a small amount of money and mutual agreement on a procedural change prevents anyone from getting some of this same mud from the same source and having their own umpires in their own [kid or adult] league do the same thing for new baseballs.
Or: There is nothing that prevents a person from buying some of this mud and using it to pre-process baseballs, and -- as you say -- marketing the fuck out of it.
As I understand it, in professional baseball, it is the job of the umpires to this use mud to take the sheen off of new balls, pre-game.
The mud itself is for sale, and has been for a very long time: https://www.baseballrubbingmud.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Sc...
There is nothing here to be sad or outraged about. There is no scarcity or exclusivity here.
Nothing but a small amount of money and mutual agreement on a procedural change prevents anyone from getting some of this same mud from the same source and having their own umpires in their own [kid or adult] league do the same thing for new baseballs.
Or: There is nothing that prevents a person from buying some of this mud and using it to pre-process baseballs, and -- as you say -- marketing the fuck out of it.