Bun. Since no one mentioned it. I've long been familiar with "slippery elm". Not as a constipation remedy (Kellogs Bran flakes work fine for me) but as the main ingredient in the arsenal (sorry Spaw) of all the old time spit ball pitchers.

Read an article years ago by retired pitcher Burleigh Grimes (REALLY retired...like circa 1935) in which he talked about the effects of slippery elm on his fast ball ("the darn thing would jump and dip like a drunken flea....")

Sorry folks. I know this isn't terribly relevent, but I DO love baseball as much as my instruments!

Rick