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Moreland's work ethic stems from small-town roots

Mitch Moreland and the King of Rock and Roll were born 50 years and 30 miles apart from each other. Both Tupelo and Moreland's hometown of Amory are tucked away in the northeast corner of Mississippi.

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If you want to know who the Rangers first baseman is, what he is about and what he stands for, the best place to go is his hometown of Amory, a town of 7,316 people on the historic Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.