Before baseball season, I purchased a Wilson A500 baseball glove. It is the same model Mariners’ second baseman Robinson Cano uses but has a Yasiel Puig color scheme. I wanted this glove to see if the colored leather myth was true. For those of you who don’t know, many former players and analysts believed gloves with colors aren’t as durable and stiff as the traditional leather and black gloves. This was speculated on after Yasiel Puig dropped a routine fly ball. So far, I haven’t noticed any troubles. One problem with the glove is that the strings come lose more often than my previous Mizuno model. I like the finger pocket as I can partially see through it. This glove is definitely more padded and comfortable than my previous one. One problem I do have with the colors is that the powder blue coloring tends to get more dirty and worn down, which is not a pleasant thing at all. At least with black ones you don’t see this discoloration. At $60 MSRP, I would say the Wilson A500 glove is amusing.
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Quick Review: All-Star Week
The 2017 All-Star week was fun with festivities, but the game itself was on the slow side. It was a game of pitching dominance, allowing one run on both sides in the ninth. The only home run for National League was Yadier Molina and the American League was Robinson Cano’s game winning blast in the tenth inning. Craig Kimbrel collected the win, Andrew Miller the save, and Wade Davis the loss. Cano was named the All-Star Game MVP for going 1 for 2 with said home run.
The night before was the energetic Home Run Derby. The defending champ Giancarlo Stanton lost in the first round to the eighth seed Gary Sanchez. Mike Moustakas lost to Miguel Sano, Cody Bellinger won over Charlie Blackmon, and Aaron Judge came up from behind a 22 home run mark set by opponent Justin Bour. In the semifinals, Judge won against another rookie sensation, Cody Bellinger. Gary Sanchez fell to Sano. Sano did end up losing to Aaron Judge, who is your 2017 Home Run Derby champion.
Steal Facts: Robinson Cano
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- Robinson Cano is a second baseman who plays for the Seattle Mariners. He is six feet tall and weighs in at 212 pounds. Robinson Cano is named after Jackie Robinson. He also wears number 22.
- Robinson Cano is a fan favorite in Seattle and New York. When he was with the Yankees, he surprised a young fan by jumping out of an ice cream truck.
- Robinson Cano spent his first nine years of his career with the New York Yankees. With the Yankees, Cano won five Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves. He also won a World Series with the Yankees.
- In Cano’s first 12 seasons, he has never had less than 30 doubles. In 2016, Cano has 20 doubles before the All Star Game. From 2009 to 2014, Robinson posted an average above .300.
- As of 2016, Robinson Cano has been named to five All Star Games. He attended four as a Yankee and one as a Mariner. On top of that, he won the 2011 Home Run Derby at Chase Field.
- In his first 1,770 games, Robinson has reached a ton of milestones. In that span, he has collected 258 home runs, 466 doubles, a .307 batting average, 1,037 RBIs, 1,017 runs scored, and 2,118 hits.
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Robinson Cano is one of the greatest MLB hitters right now. We now look into his calm and cool career.
Robinson Cano used to be the face of the Yankees alongside Derek Jeter for nine years. The Yankees wanted him back for the 2014 season. They offered him a pretty decent amount of money. But no, Robbie Cano wanted more money. The Yankees offered him more. But, you guessed it, he wanted more. The Seattle Mariners offered him more money. He then said he wanted more and finally found him a contract he agreed which would imprison him in Seattle for ten years. Now Yankee fans everywhere dislike him. Although, he is still a regular at the all-star game.
In his time with New York, Robinson won a home run derby, World Series ring, and a gold glove. If Cano didn’t leave, he might have been the new Yankee team captain.