“Book Descriptions: This nonfiction picture book tells the story of Lena Blackburne and his Baseball Rubbing Mud, which major league teams (and many other teams) use to take the shine off brand-new baseballs. This is also a story of how failure in one area led to triumph in another: Lena played in the majors starting in 1910 and hoped to be a great baseball player, but he wasnt. However, thanks to his mud, which he began selling in 1938, hes an enduring part of the gameand theres even a tub of the mud in the Hall of Fame.” DRIVE
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