The strange defect no baseball company can solve

The mystery of the mud monopoly is finally revealed!
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Thank you so much for watching! Hope you enjoyed it! This video was shot in South Jersey, NYC, Chicago, and Toronto! :)

Video Chapters:
0:00 Hook & Intro
1:08 The problem with baseballs
2:19 How early baseball players solved the problem
3:15 Why major league baseball banned the spitball
4:04 The discovery of Lena Blackburne's magic mud
5:07 What makes the magic mud so magic?
5:50 Baseball's weird obsession with traditions and rituals
7:12 The current rules of mud use mandated by the MLB
8:02 Modernising baseball and why the MLB still use mud
10:11 Who exactly is this mud man?
12:02 The future of mud in American sports
13:16 SPON
14:20 Conclusion and thank you
14:47 Outro
15:03 TLDW of video

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