Cano, don't ya know

Robinson Cano showed off his skills last night destroying the field en route to his first HR derby title. It's not as if the world doesn't already know the wonder that is Robby. He's now been a Yankee for 7 years, won a World Series title, and made 3 all star games so the man has been showcasing his skills plenty but this was a whole other level. Cano has always been a great hitter, but it's never been with the long ball. At the derby last night Cano demonstrated that his swing is so great and so pure he could easily drop hit more home runs but chooses to hit for doubles and singles.

Adrian Gonzalez sure put on one hell of a show in the finals, notching a finals record 11 HRs, that is until cano got up. Cano hitting balls from his Dad Jose, hit 12 HRs with only 6 outs in the finals. He was showing no signs of exhaustion from his previous 20 jacks in the Arizona heat. Cano spent the offseason 2 years ago working hard with his dad to get better and since then has been on fire. He went to a level only Yankee fans new was possible and showed some serious pop. Prince Fielder hit the farthest HR at 474 FT and the next 4 farthest were all Canos, including 2 at 472 feet.

It was the first time in a while the HR derby for me was really a pleasure to watch. After watching the all star game tonight I realized that the baseball all star festivities are the best of the major sports by far and I enjoyed seeing my Yankees compete as well as the rest of the AL stars. Too bad the best players weren't in attendance, but I think it gives the secondary players a chance to shine. Good to see Ricky Weeks, Starlin Castro, Joel Hanrahan, and players of the like who don't get much respect and deserve it. Would have like to have seen CC, Verlander, Price, Arod, Jeter, Reyes, and a few other stars but they were hurt and ineligible and such is life.

The NL won 5-1 and had clearly the more dominant starting pitching. I don't really care about the stats too much but Fielder hit the big blast, a 3 run dinger off CJ Wilson and that was all she wrote. It was unfortunate because the Yankees could use that home field advantage and we missed out because Wilson was pitching and shouldn't have been. Not if Haren, Verlander, Price, or CC were out there. But that's the way the cookie crumbles, let's hope the Yankees can get there before it matters. At least last night the world got to witness the joy that is Cano and why the Yankees future remains bright. It was an enjoyable 2 days without the Yankees and now only one more miserable day off before the 2nd half is underway.

New post tomorrow breaking down the 2nd half season...For now congrats NL and go Robby