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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Embattled Yankees' slugger Alex Rodriguez laughed off a Detroit reporter's assertion Wednesday that he's a villainous figure throughout baseball by noting that he's been steadily booed for the last 15 seasons. &amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I've been booed for 15 years, buddy,\" Rodriguez said. \"I don't know if you haven't been around. It's been one long boo for 15 years.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's a transcript&amp;nbsp;of the conversation from ESPN.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Coming back this season, a lot of fans, see you as the so-called \"villain,\" you get booed a lot everywhere ...\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;The, what?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;The so-called \"villain\" ...\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Who said that?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;It seems like fans see you as that ...\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Which fans?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Most fans, in baseball ...\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Did you talk to them?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;It seems like a lot of fans, you disagree?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Everywhere I go, they have been really generous. I've been humbled by the reception I've received everywhere.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reporter:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Does it seem like you have been booed more on the road?\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A-Rod:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;I've been booed for 15 years, buddy. I don't know if you haven't been around. It's been one long boo for 15 years.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Alex Rodriguez 2015 stats&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York manager Joe Girardi&amp;nbsp;defended Rodriguez Wednesday, noting the third baseman is tested for performance enhancing drugs more often than other players, according to the report.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When asked if it was difficult to have to compliment Rodriguez despite the player's past steroid use, Girardi&amp;nbsp;replied, \"Obviously, you don't want any of your players to do that.&amp;nbsp;That's not what we want. We want this game to be clean. Sometimes people make bad choices. He paid the consequences.\"\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rodriguez was suspended from baseball for the 2014 season for using performance enhancing drugs. In the 2015 season so far, Rodriguez has hit .267 with four home runs.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Will Green&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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