EPISODE · Jan 20, 2025 · 33 MIN
Why? Episode 336- The Unique History of Baseball Rubbing Mud
from Why? The Podcast · host Heidi Hedquist/ Luke Poling
It's the only mud that's been used in major league baseball for almost 75 years- there's something about Lena Blackburne's Baseball Rubbing Mud. We talked with Jim Bintliff, the third-generation of his family to farm, harvest and supply rubbing mud for so many professional teams and sports. (The NFL also uses the mud too!)For more information, (and to order your own mud,) check out their website.Plus, has AI come for our jobs?
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It's the only mud that's been used in major league baseball for almost 75 years- there's something about Lena Blackburne's Baseball Rubbing Mud. We talked with Jim Bintliff, the third-generation of his family to farm, harvest and supply rubbing mud for so many professional teams and sports. (The NFL also uses the mud too!) For more information, (and to order your own mud,) check out their website. Plus, has AI come for our jobs?
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