Read this passage from the article: Once Bintliff slyly Once Bintliff slyly fills the buckets, he hauls them home. There, he puts the mud through a strainer to remove twigs and leaves, then dumps it into trash cans. He strains the mud several more times over the next six weeks or so, until it's dry and grit-free. Why did the author include this information? To explain the process that mud goes through to be cleaned and used on baseballs To demonstrate why coating baseballs with mud is better than other substances To argue that it is unnecessary to make mud grit-free before applying it to baseballs To show why the process of collecting mud for baseballs must be kept secret
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The author included this information to explain the process that mud goes through to be cleaned and used on baseballs.
hich passage from the article best supports the idea that the mud is widely used in professional baseball?
The mud's story has a tragic beginning: After a pitch killed a shortstop in 1920, MLB looked for ways to make the game safer.
The secret sauce helps pitchers get a better grip on the ball before sending it speeding toward home plate.
Once Bintliff slyly fills the buckets, he…puts the mud through a strainer to remove twigs and leaves, then dumps it into trash cans.
Then, a dab of it is used to coat every MLB baseball. That's about 240,000 balls per season.
The mud's story has a tragic beginning: After a pitch killed a shortstop in 1920, MLB looked for ways to make the game safer.
The secret sauce helps pitchers get a better grip on the ball before sending it speeding toward home plate.
Once Bintliff slyly fills the buckets, he…puts the mud through a strainer to remove twigs and leaves, then dumps it into trash cans.
Then, a dab of it is used to coat every MLB baseball. That's about 240,000 balls per season.
The passage "Then, a dab of it is used to coat every MLB baseball. That's about 240,000 balls per season." best supports the idea that the mud is widely used in professional baseball.
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