Robinson Cano has costly, embarrassing baserunning blunder (Big League Stew)

By all accounts, Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano appears to be a smart player with high Baseball IQ. Unfortunately for the struggling Mariners, that IQ briefly eluded Cano on Wednesday night.

Trailing 5-2 in the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers the Mariners were threatening with Cano on third, Nelson Cruz on second and just one out. Logan Morrison then worked a walk off Dodgers reliever Paco Rodriguez when Cano inexplicably started casually jogging toward home. We’ll let the great Vin Scully describe the scene:

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Cano's baserunning mistake

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The only explanation is that Cano thought the bases were…