Cousins stay close despite draft-day separation
The UA baseball team has one Hardy boy and would have had two, if it wasn't for the MLB Draft.
J.J. Hardy, the cousin of freshman third baseman John Hardy, chose the professional ranks over the college level.
J.J., who was the 2002 All-Southern Arizona Baseball Team player of the year at Sabino Canyon High School in Tucson, committed to play at UA. Instead, he signed a big-league contract and skipped college.
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