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BORN READY

Kevin Cron set the Arizona high school records for career and season home runs. When he finished at Phoenix’s Mountain Pointe High he had a plan, one that did not include going to college.

Most high schoolers aren’t well-versed on the realities of professional baseball, but Cron wasn’t most high schoolers. His father Chris, a former big leaguer, is

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