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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Scotty McCreery: No. 3
3. Baseball Is in His Blood ... Literally!
During a visit to the MLB studios, McCreery revealed that he's not only a fan of baseball, but he's got a legend on his family tree: Hall of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter, on his mother Judy's side of the family. She says they're distant cousins, but the 'The Trouble With Girls' singer quips, “I tell people we were closely related. He was my uncle.”
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