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Author:

Kelly, David A. (David Andrew),

Title:

Miracle Mud : Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball / by David A. Kelly ; illustrated by Oliver Dominguez.

Publisher:

Millbrook Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

32 p. col. ills.

Subject:

Blackburn, Lena,--1886-1968--Juvenile literature.
Baseball players--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Inventors--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Baseball--United States--Equipment and supplies--Juvenile literature.
Sports--United States--Marketing--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Dominguez, Oliver.

Summary:

Traces the invention of Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud by longtime baseball fan, player and coach Russell Aubrey "Lena" Blackburne, describing how his distaste for the methods used by players to break in baseballs prompted his creation and how, for more than 75 years, teams have been using the Hall of Fame-noted product to prepare baseballs before every game.

ISBN:

0761380922
9780761380924

LCCN:

2012020917

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