[HN Gopher] Western Pennsylvania dirt is used in the infields of...
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       Western Pennsylvania dirt is used in the infields of most MLB
       stadiums (2017)
        
       Author : goles
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2024-06-08 18:12 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.post-gazette.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.post-gazette.com)
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/vUQm4
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       | https://web.archive.org/web/20180730152634/https://www.post-...
        
       | CSMastermind wrote:
       | It's weird that they don't talk about what they're doing that
       | supposedly makes the soil so special. They mention that once they
       | installed the soil at the Pirates stadium (about 2 hours away
       | from where it's manufactured) the number of rain delays dropped.
       | If it were a property of the local soil you'd assume the existing
       | soil in the pirates stadium would already have it. I can't
       | believe the clay composition differs that much on a two hour
       | drive.
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       | Instead I'm guessing it has something to do with how they process
       | it?
        
         | kevin_thibedeau wrote:
         | Pennsylvania is a geologically diverse state. The soil can
         | definitely vary across short distances.
        
           | tadfisher wrote:
           | Yes, and Western PA has the Poconos mountain chain, so
           | various geologic strata are exposed in close proximity.
        
             | anyonecancode wrote:
             | Poconos are actually eastern PA. There are also mountains
             | in western PA, but I don't know their names without looking
             | it up.
        
               | 5555624 wrote:
               | The Allegheny Mountains are in western Pennsylvania.
        
             | 5555624 wrote:
             | The Poconos are in northeastern Pennsylvania.
        
         | nubinetwork wrote:
         | > It's weird that they don't talk about what they're doing that
         | supposedly makes the soil so special.
         | 
         | That would be like a bakery asking McDonald's how much sugar
         | they put in their buns. If everyone could do it, they'd be out
         | of business.
        
         | SkyPuncher wrote:
         | This video may be of interest to you:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AUq3BSoLY
        
       | limitedfrom wrote:
       | Related, all the dirt used to add texture to new MLB baseballs
       | are from a riverbank somewhere in New Jersey, near Palmyra
       | 
       | https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/sports/baseball/baseball-...
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Rubbing_Mud
        
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