Yankees Cano Wins Home Run Derby in Arizona, Beating Gonzalez

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• Robinson Cano booed at Home Run Derby, then goes 0-for-10
• Nightly News Netcast
• Topps Update Robinson Cano Yankees 2011 Home Run Derby Rainbow Foil U-36
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• Home Run Derby: Royals fans enjoy booing Robinson Cano, catching taters
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In 2006, Canó led the American League All-Star balloting at second base, but could not play after being placed on the disabled list for a strained hamstring. After his return from injury, however, on August 8, 2006, Canó led the league in batting average, doubles, and runs batted in. During late September 2006, Canó accumulated enough at-bats to once again qualify for the AL batting race. Canó was rewarded the AL Player of the Month award for September. For each homer with a gold ball, Major League Baseball and State Farm Insurance combined to donate $18,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. State Farm contributed $603,000 to charities as a result of the derby.

Before a crowd of 44,820 on the night before the All-Star game, Major League Baseball said Canó set a final-round record. Batting last and being pitched to by his father, former Houston Astros pitcher Jose Canó, the New York second baseman batted second in the final round. Robinson Canó thought about hitting the Miller Lite sign, a 472-foot drive off an advertisement a good 50 feet or more above and well behind the swimming pool at Chase Field. Joining Cano, who has 20 homers, on the AL team were Jose Bautista , Mark Trumbo and Prince Fielder . Fielder beat Bautista in the final, which in Cano's eyes validated his choices. "I picked the right team. We won. American League ended up winning the trophy,'' he said.

Robinson Cano booed at Home Run Derby, then goes 0-for-10

He had only received sporadic opportunities to play, not regularly but coming off the bench. Canó homered versus Lance McCullers Jr. in a 4–1 loss to the Houston Astros on April 18, 2018, to give him 302 for his career, and pass Hornsby for second place all-time among second basemen. On April 29, Canó hit his 100th home run as a member of the Mariners, versus Josh Tomlin in a 10–4 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

After the 2015 season, Cano had surgery to repair a sports hernia. With the departure of Hideki Matsui, Canó was moved into the fifth spot in the batting order. For his early season performance, Canó was named the AL Player of the Month for April 2010. He was elected as the starting second baseman in the 2010 MLB All-Star Game and was selected to participate in the 2010 Home Run Derby; however, he withdrew due to a minor injury.

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It was the result of what Royals fans saw as an unacceptable slight after what they understood as a promise made. No, it occurred a full two hours earlier when Cano, the defending Home Run Derby champion, appeared on the big screen during batting practice for a live in-stadium interview. Will usually ship within 3 business days of receiving cleared payment. Jose Cano, who pitched 23 innings for the Astros in 1989, returned to the mound and Robinson hit his next pitch on a line into the right-field stands to claim victory. Cano, however, met the daunting target with blast after blast, drawing roars of delight from the packed stadium. Joe Torre, Cano’s former manager with the Yankees and now an executive vice president for Major League Baseball, presented the crossed-bats trophy to the winner.

After graduating from high school, Canó was signed by the Yankees on January 5, 2001 as an amateur free agent, receiving a signing bonus of over $100,000. He began playing in their minor league system that season, debuting with the Gulf Coast Yankees of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League and the Staten Island Yankees of the Class-A Short Season New York–Penn League. Canó played for Staten Island and the Greensboro Bats of the Class-A South Atlantic League in 2002. Canó played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class-A Advanced Florida State League and Trenton Thunder of the Class-AA Eastern League in 2003, by which point he was viewed as a top prospect. Canó has represented the Dominican Republic in international play. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic tournament, he won both a gold medal and a Most Valuable Player Award .

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On May 13, against the Tigers, Canó was hit by a pitch on the right hand, and left the game. His right hand was diagnosed with a fracture in the fifth metacarpal bone. After the season, Canó traveled to Japan to join a team of MLB All-Stars playing against All-Stars of Nippon Professional Baseball in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series. He fractured a toe during the series, requiring 3–4 weeks to heal. In Game 1 of the 2011 AL Division Series, Canó hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Yankees an 8–1 lead. It marked his fourth grand slam of the year, including the regular season.

On July 6, Canó was named the AL starting second baseman for the 2014 MLB All-Star Game. This marked Canó's sixth career All Star selection, and his fifth consecutive. Canó finished the season with a .314 batting average with 14 home runs and 82 RBI. During August, he began to suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms that were later diagnosed as resulting from an intestinal parasite. Canó was called up to the major leagues on May 3, 2005, while hitting .330 in 108 at bats with Columbus, and took over second base from Tony Womack.

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It was only the second time that Canó went on the disabled list in his career. In the All-Star Game at Marlins Park, Canó hit a home run in the top of the tenth inning off of Wade Davis that would give the American League a 2–1 win, earning him All-Star Game MVP honors. On September 13, Canó was ejected for the first time in his career for arguing with Vic Carapazza over a strike call. Canó hit his 300th career home run on September 21 versus Keone Kela of the Texas Rangers, becoming just the third second baseman in history to reach the milestone, following Jeff Kent and Rogers Hornsby .

Canó was also suspended for the entire 2021 season after testing positive for stanozolol. "It just came right at me, and I reached up and grabbed, I played a little trick like I didn't have it," he said, making a tucking motion with his glove, "then went, oh, here it is. It's pretty cool." "I stepped up on the table, I missed the ball by 2 or 3 feet and went over," he said. "We caught three balls and I told the guys I was going to go for the cycle. Dude, they were really holding onto me." In the first round, Bautista hit 11, Trumbo seven and Fielder five.

He finished the season with a milestone 200 hits and 100+ RBIs . Canó recorded the final walk-off hit in Yankee Stadium history by singling in the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning in the Yankees 1–0 victory over the Orioles on September 20, 2008. In the final game at Yankee Stadium the next night , Canó recorded the final RBI in Stadium history with his sacrifice fly in the 7th inning, scoring Brett Gardner with the Stadium's final run. Canó missed only five games over the 2007 and 2008 seasons, and was one of only three Yankees to hit a home run as a pinch hitter.

Canó has performed ably in the middle of the lineup, replacing Matsui and Alex Rodriguez while Rodriguez was on the disabled list, as he has improved his batting with runners in scoring position. On January 24, 2008, Canó signed a contract extension for $28 million over the next four years in the 2008 through 2011 seasons. The deal also includes options for the Yankees for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, worth $27 million. Canó was one of the five prospects offered to the Texas Rangers to complete the Yankees' acquisition of Alex Rodriguez before the 2004 season. The Yankees' Robinson Cano speaks to the media after winning the 2011 All-Star Home Run Derby. The Home Run Derby has been known to affect swings, dragging down participants’ numbers following their involvement in the event.

A similar thing happened a season ago after Prince Fielder omitted Arizona's Justin Upton from the NL Derby team for the event at Chase Field. Cano wasn't so fortunate at the Derby, and that's how most folks in the stands will remember the night. Unless you happened to catch a home run hit by someone else. Cleared payment cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab.