lohud.com - 1/25/2009
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NEW ROCHELLE - People always said baseball came easily to Robinson Cano. Before last year, they might have been right, but Cano's 2008 turned sour long before the Yankees' second baseman realized it. On June 1, his average sat at .219; his on-base percentage, a paltry .269. They were hardly the ...
baseballreflections.com - 1/19/2009
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baseballreflections.com —
Image via Wikipedia The second reason for his
breaking of the color line was to demolish some...
of the barriers of race that were present in the country at the time. Rickey knew that if he could bring Jackie Robinson into the game, he would be able to not only make those in ...
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Branch Rickey: An Undercover Social Entrepreneur (Part 2)
mlbtraderumors.com - 1/18/2009
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According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis
Post Dispatch , the Cardinals called the Yankees to...
inquire about second baseman Robinson Cano . Goold says the Yankees asking price was an immediate deal breaker: Adam Wainwright . " The conversation did ...
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Cardinals Inquired About Cano
hardballtimes.com - 1/19/2009
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hardballtimes.com —
A look at whether Robinson Cano's 2008 season
was indicative of a new talent level or simply...
bad luck. Click the title to read more. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today !
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Smoke and mirrors: Robinson Cano
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The LoHud Yankees Blog —
Robinson Cano made an appearance in Westchester last night and Josh Thomson has the story.
Cano has worked on his conditioning, improved his stance and is ready for a bounce-back season. He’s also looking forward to playing in the WBC.
Tear down Yankee Stadium? Projected demolition of the old ballpark: 16 months/Spring 2010
Zell's Pinstripe Blog —
... city’s priority is the Yankees, not the neighborhood,” said Joyce Hogi, a member of the Community Board 4 parks committee. The city and the Yankees say the area will benefit in economic development. Hogi said: “The Yankees have been there for 80 years and what’s been developed? The only thing they are building now is a fortress so the people coming in will never have to step foot in the neighborhood.”———————————————————————————————————– Trimmer Cano dedicated to rebound / Winter has been busy for Yankees’ Cano Contradictions in Book Seem to Benefit Clemens ...
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Will Robinson Cano Rebound in 2009?
beyondtheboxscore.com 2/25/2009 — In a season of relative disappointments for the Yankees, none was bigger than Robinson Cano. After two seasons where he averaged 4.7 WAR , he dropped all the way to 0.6 WAR in 2008. Both his hitting and fielding performance suffered last season, each dropping nearly 2 wins from ...
Will Cano rebound?
riveraveblues.com 2/28/2009 — One of the biggest goats of the 2008 season was second baseman Robbie Cano, who saw his offensive output drop from .306-.353-.488 with a .358 wOBP in 2007 to just .271-.305-.410 and a measly .307 wOBP last year. Many a pundit pointed to his newfound ...
Can Cano Turn It Around?
theyankeeuniverse.com 3/4/2009 — The expectations for Robinson Cano going into 2008 were quite high. Most fans were expecting him to take a step forward, and develop into the middle of the order hitter that he flashed signs of in his first few seasons. Instead, his performance took ...
The Curious Case of Robinson Cano
310tojoba.blogspot.com 1/28/2009 — "I still need that hug." No I didn't see the movie I allude to in the title because I don't have close to three hours of my life to spare, but I digress. I was trolling Fangraphs (SURPRISE!) and looking at advanced statistics for hack-happy Cano ...
Hoping for a major rebound from Cano
riveraveblues.com 3/5/2009 — Robinson Cano and his sub-par 2008 season have been major issues of discussion this off-season. While many Yankees fans figured he’d improve upon his 2007 season, he got off to a horrid start before bringing himself back to an acceptable level ...
Robinson Cano gives back
riveraveblues.com 3/1/2009 — Kat O’Brien just got back from a trip down to the Dominican , and aside from all the talk about steroids and the various development academies comes this gem (emphasis mine):
Probably the best part of the trip was getting to talk to a lot of ...
Cano … and How People are Dillusional
yankstalk.com 1/4/2009 — hear alot of “Trade Cano”, “Cano has fallen off”, and more nonsense about Robinson Cano. WHAT baseball are you watching? You Yankee fans are so spoiled that you let things blind you. You are quick to want to trade Robinson Cano for scrubs like Orlando Hudson?? If ...
Let the ‘he’s in good shape’ talk begin
riveraveblues.com 1/25/2009 — It seems like every year the big stories at the beginning of Spring Training are about how Player X showed up looking trimmer than last year. Player Y looks to be in great shape. We saw that plenty of that last year , and I wouldn’t expect any ...
Cano Plans To Learn From His Rocky '08
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 12/4/2008 — From Bryan Hoch : Robinson Cano's first cracks at a renewed 2009 are taking shape in the Dominican Winter League, where the Yankees second baseman is incorporating adjustments to his approach and finding success. Cano was dissatisfied with the way his '08 campaign played out. He finished ...
Boorstein: Cano Has To Draw More Walks
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 11/22/2008 — Cano's rough 2008 has been talked about a lot, and it's left many fans wondering whether Cano will be as good as we all thought he was going to be. And it's left others wanting the Yankees to ship him out of town. I wouldn't worry so much. Yes, it was a down year, but it's no reason to give up ...
Cano In Shape And Ready To Go —
Bleacher Report - MLB 1/25/2009
Robinson Cano was a special guest at Bernie Williams' Hillside Food Outreach Dinner at the Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle yesterday and apparently looks like he's in great shape. Here's more from Kat O'Brien :
Cano looked very trim for all ...
