Miracle Mud
Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball
Kids, Technology, Inventions, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Sports and Recreation, Baseball and Softball
| Author: | David A. Kelly | ISBN: | 9781467742795 |
| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group | Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Millbrook Press ™ | Language: | English |
| Author: | David A. Kelly |
| ISBN: | 9781467742795 |
| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language: | English |
Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Read the story of how Lena's mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.
Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Read the story of how Lena's mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.
