“I have been running hard the whole year,” Robinson Cano said after his incident Friday, in which he didn’t bother sprinting to first in what became a killer double-play.
The year must have ended in Cano’s mind.
A second egregious incident cropped up Sunday during the Mets’ game in Miami, with an ax looming over Mickey Callaway’s head.
With a runner on first and one out in the top of the fourth inning of a 0-0 game, Cano hit a nubber in front of the plate. He appeared to contest the play somehow — it clearly did not hit him and was fielded in fair territory by Marlins catcher Chad Wallach, who threw to second, and Cano was then thrown out at first as he stood in the batters’ box.