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Alex Rodriguez never forgets where he came from.

On Tuesday morning, the retired New York Yankees player presided over a ceremony to celebrate the refurbishment of the baseball field at Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s Kendall club.

The makeover is an All Star Legacy project, which also includes a spanking new center/game room for teens, complete with mini hoops court, desktop computers and an air hockey table.

Not sure if it was the intense heat, but A-Rod looked like he was welling up at the outdoor ceremony, speaking about his time playing ball at the BGC when he was a kid growing up nearby in Kendall.