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A-Rod has given up on being likable

Alex Rodriguez says he has "given up" hoping to be widely liked, accepting that many people he does not know well simply do not care for him personally.

"I've given up on that; it's just the way it is," the Yankees third basemen told YES' Michael Kay in an interview recorded earlier this month that debuted last night on the network's preseason special.

"I mean, look, I feel like right...

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