Independent Baseball Insider – Vol. 12, No. 30,   October 2, 2014 By Bob Wirz Mickey Mantle helped put Joplin, Mo., on the baseball map in 1950 when he reeled off 199 hits and a Western Association-leading .383 average in only 137 games.  Old-timers in the city of 60,000 and market of 250,000 still talk about the...Read More