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Like Tiger Woods hitting golf balls when he could barely walk, it was that way with Jordan Martin in baseball.   "He drove me crazy that summer. He wanted to be on a team, he  team. He's always played "up" and played against older kids." He more than held his own. A few years later ... "When he was 11, he came to me one day and asked me to put up a  a ball out of it, and he threw that thing into the net for hours and hours." When he was by himself outside, Jordan threw a tennis ball up against  As for hitting — Jose spent "countless hours" with Jordan in the batting cage. He always wanted to practice more.  played with kids his own age. That's when he really started to stand out from the other kids."


And the 6-6, 220-pound Martin has stood out ever since, both liter-


 signed with the University of Arkansas — we'll save the best for last.


But he was just as brilliant at his "second best" sport, basketball. The Jays have had a proud basketball program for decades, but Jordan Martin has basically rewritten the school record book and made it his own.


    


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