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The Professional Mud Farmer
- Jim Bintliff is a third-generation “mud farmer” who harvests a secret mud source used to roughen MLB baseballs.
- He stores, strains, and sells the mud in small containers, earning about $20,000 a year from teams.
Mud And Grip Are Safety Tools
- Players use mud and other substances to roughen or improve grip on leather baseballs and bats for safety and control.
- Historical safety concerns (a fatal hit) drove standardized roughening practices in baseball.
Brazil's Caesarean Viewing Parties
- In Brazil many women have elective cesarean parties where guests watch through a viewing gallery and windows turn transparent at birth.
- Wealth and status influence cesarean prevalence, with around 56% of births being C-sections there.