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- Updated: June 5, 2016
7:26 PM ET
BALTIMORE — Major League baseball players are quite accustomed to being the most famous people in any room they happen to inhabit, but a few New York Yankees had the tables turned on them at the 2004 All-Star Game in Houston. In the pre-game clubhouse, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia and Carlos Beltran found themselves face-to-face with a man whose star far eclipsed any of their own: Muhammad Ali.
“I met him a few times. Every time I was around him, it was a great thrill,” Rodriguez said. “There are stars and there are real iconic stars. He transcends sports.”
A-Rod said he could barely keep his hands from shaking the first time he met Ali.
“I was so nervous when I went up to talk to him and he said, ‘Here, you punch me and I’ll punch you,'” Rodriguez said. “I was just a young …
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