STARKVILLE -- Tucked in between apartment complexes and an extensive housing subdivision in Brandon, on the eastern edge of Jackson, lies an extensive public park space. Shiloh Park contains a couple of tennis courts, a splash park and over a dozen baseball/softball fields, clustered together in tight diamonds yet still spanning almost a mile altogether.
On those fields, whichever happened to be empty at the given time, is where Mississippi State center fielder Jake Mangum became what he is: a
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