Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "DELRAN, New Jersey (Reuters) - Somewhere along the mudflats of a Delaware River tributary in New Jersey is the spot where baseball's 'magic mud' is mined, a location known only to a few and kept secret for decades.

The unique mud is rubbed on every new baseball used by Major League teams to remove the sheen, soften the seams and give pitchers a better grip."

Magic mud... sounds like a fairytail to me. I imagine a guy digging a hole in the backyard with the garden hose nearby, laughing all the way to the bank.