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Cano’s RC24 Foundation & Robertson’s High Socks For Hope get honored

Photo Credit: MVP Foundation

It was a celebration in Trenton, New Jersey just last week for Robinson Cano and David Robertson. Their charities, RC24 Foundation and High Socks For Hope, were honored at the second annual event held by the MVP Foundation, a foundation founded by Dr. Thomas Haveron.

In the event, which was held at the home of the Minor League Baseball team the Trenton Thunder, both athletes were recognized for their outstanding work in the community and their charities were each given $25,000. Both Cano and Robertson played for the Thunder before making it to the big leagues into their pinstripe NYY uniform.

Cano’s charity gives back to disadvantaged youth in his hometown of Dominican Republic as well as working with terminally-ill children in the States. Some of the foundation’s many accomplishments have been donating ambulances and school buses to the place where he was born–San Pedro de Macoris, giving away truckloads of toys to unfortunate children, and the second baseman even has been rewarded for his kindness by having a room named after him at the Hackensack University Medical Center. “It’s all about helping kids that really need it,’’ said Cano while being interviewed at the event.

David Robertson’s charity, High Socks For Hope (named after his trademark pulled-up socks while out on the pitching mound), was founded by the Yankees pitcher and his wife Erin to help the victims of the series of tornadoes that hit in 2011 which devastated the lives of many in Robertson’s hometown of Alabama. Some of their biggest accomplishments include providing new homes full of brand new furniture for these victims. “We’re very fortunate and we can keep trying to make a difference for as long as we can,” is what Robertson told a YES reporter at the event.

The event not only had the two guests of honor, but many prior Yankees came to support the two current Yankees men like Roy White and Oscar Gamble.

The man behind it all, Dr. Haveron, had this to say about his honorees, “I’ve seen the work that they do, I know the type of individuals that they are and they’re worthy of the acknowledgement. They’re tremendous players but they’re tremendous human beings. …They’re both about the kids and about helping their communities so I want to commend them both for what they do as players but more importantly as what they do as people.”

Photo Credit: MVP Foundation

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Cano’s RC24 Foundation & Robertson’s High Socks For Hope get honored

Photo Credit: MVP Foundation

It was a celebration in Trenton, New Jersey just last week for Robinson Cano and David Robertson. Their charities, RC24 Foundation and High Socks For Hope, were honored at the second annual event held by the MVP Foundation, a foundation founded by Dr. Thomas Haveron.

In the event, which was held at the home of the Minor League Baseball team the Trenton Thunder, both athletes were recognized for their outstanding work in the community and their charities were each given $25,000. Both Cano and Robertson played for the Thunder before making it to the big leagues into their pinstripe NYY uniform.

Cano’s charity gives back to disadvantaged youth in his hometown of Dominican Republic as well as working with terminally-ill children in the States. Some of the foundation’s many accomplishments have been donating ambulances and school buses to the place where he was born–San Pedro de Macoris, giving away truckloads of toys to unfortunate children, and the second baseman even has been rewarded for his kindness by having a room named after him at the Hackensack University Medical Center. “It’s all about helping kids that really need it,’’ said Cano while being interviewed at the event.

David Robertson’s charity, High Socks For Hope (named after his trademark pulled-up socks while out on the pitching mound), was founded by the Yankees pitcher and his wife Erin to help the victims of the series of tornadoes that hit in 2011 which devastated the lives of many in Robertson’s hometown of Alabama. Some of their biggest accomplishments include providing new homes full of brand new furniture for these victims. “We’re very fortunate and we can keep trying to make a difference for as long as we can,” is what Robertson told a YES reporter at the event.

The event not only had the two guests of honor, but many prior Yankees came to support the two current Yankees men like Roy White and Oscar Gamble.

The man behind it all, Dr. Haveron, had this to say about his honorees, “I’ve seen the work that they do, I know the type of individuals that they are and they’re worthy of the acknowledgement. They’re tremendous players but they’re tremendous human beings. …They’re both about the kids and about helping their communities so I want to commend them both for what they do as players but more importantly as what they do as people.”

Photo Credit: MVP Foundation

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Is Robinson Cano the new Roberto Alomar?

Photo courtesy of The New York Post

I’ve been a fan of Robinson Cano, on and off the field, before the 2010 season, which was the year he began to creep up on everybody’s “best player” radar. Who can forget when he was benched by Joe Girardi in 2008 for “playing lazily and not with enough passion”? Four years later, this Dominican-born second baseman has nothing to prove to anybody anymore–he lets his stats do the talking. His impressive offense and defense has begged the question: Is he the new Roberto Alomar?

Alomar, considered by most as the best second baseman of all time, left the game after 17 seasons with a career .300 batting average, 2,724 hits–best for 51st all time (210 of them which were home runs), ranks #41 in the MLB all-time stolen bases list with 474, 10 Gold Gloves which is the most all-time for a second baseman, four Silver Slugger Awards, two World Series rings, and was a twelve-time All-Star.

My dad, being a longtime baseball lover and having watched his career blossom from the beginning in 1988, says of the Hall of Famer, “He was a complete player. He perfected not only the position of being a second baseman, but as a Major League player overall. He deserved being inducted in to the Hall of Fame at such a young age.” Alomar was inducted in his second year of being on the ballot with a 90% vote, becoming the 26th player in history within the 90-percentile in the Baseball Writer’s Association of America election. The 523 votes that got him there is currently the third highest total, ever.

Cano, in his eighth season in pinstripes, has a career batting average of .309, 1,374 hits with 165 of them being home runs, one Gold Glove, three Silver Slugger’s, won his first World Series ring in 2009, and is a four-time All-Star. There is no doubt that the numbers are very similar, despite the difference of total years played in the big leagues between the two Latino ballers.

When asked about his performance as an MVP candidate in 2011, the Yankees’ second baseman said, “I got asked, ‘If you have to vote for one of you guys, who would you vote for?’ ‘I would vote for myself,’ that’s what I said. The numbers are there. …It’s like if you ask my mom, ‘Who is the prettiest man in the world?’ She’s going to say me.” He knows it and we know it as well.

Cano has been tossed around in the media lately as a power hitter. The numbers don’t lie, and his lucky power number is currently .502. Slugging percentage, popularized now more than in many years prior, is used to measure the power of a hitter. Robinson Cano ranks #90 in the Slugging Average All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac. He’s in good company too, with players like Darryl Strawberry, Jim Rice, and Paul Konerko close by at #82, #91, and #92, respectively. Roberto Alomar retired with a slugging percentage of .443.

Robinson Cano has made a name for himself in the sport of baseball. He’s become the most reliable hitter on the Yankee line-up, and puts on a show with his glove every day out on the field. He’s aware of all of the comparisons being made to the reigning Roberto Alomar, and who knows what the 29-year-old has in store for the rest of his career. All I know is that this is the Cano Show and we’re just his audience.

“I can see myself in him. He has all the tools to be a great player. He can be one of the best second basemen of this era. He hits for average and power, plays defense, can turn the double play, he is one of the best right now,” is what Roberto Alomar told the New York Post about Robinson Cano in 2010.

From one Robbie to the next, looks like the torch is being handed down by Alomar himself.

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Is Robinson Cano the new Roberto Alomar?

Photo courtesy of The New York Post

I’ve been a fan of Robinson Cano, on and off the field, before the 2010 season, which was the year he began to creep up on everybody’s “best player” radar. Who can forget when he was benched by Joe Girardi in 2008 for “playing lazily and not with enough passion”? Four years later, this Dominican-born second baseman has nothing to prove to anybody anymore–he lets his stats do the talking. His impressive offense and defense has begged the question: Is he the new Roberto Alomar?

Alomar, considered by most as the best second baseman of all time, left the game after 17 seasons with a career .300 batting average, 2,724 hits–best for 51st all time (210 of them which were home runs), ranks #41 in the MLB all-time stolen bases list with 474, 10 Gold Gloves which is the most all-time for a second baseman, four Silver Slugger Awards, two World Series rings, and was a twelve-time All-Star.

My dad, being a longtime baseball lover and having watched his career blossom from the beginning in 1988, says of the Hall of Famer, “He was a complete player. He perfected not only the position of being a second baseman, but as a Major League player overall. He deserved being inducted in to the Hall of Fame at such a young age.” Alomar was inducted in his second year of being on the ballot with a 90% vote, becoming the 26th player in history within the 90-percentile in the Baseball Writer’s Association of America election. The 523 votes that got him there is currently the third highest total, ever.

Cano, in his eighth season in pinstripes, has a career batting average of .309, 1,374 hits with 165 of them being home runs, one Gold Glove, three Silver Slugger’s, won his first World Series ring in 2009, and is a four-time All-Star. There is no doubt that the numbers are very similar, despite the difference of total years played in the big leagues between the two Latino ballers.

When asked about his performance as an MVP candidate in 2011, the Yankees’ second baseman said, “I got asked, ‘If you have to vote for one of you guys, who would you vote for?’ ‘I would vote for myself,’ that’s what I said. The numbers are there. …It’s like if you ask my mom, ‘Who is the prettiest man in the world?’ She’s going to say me.” He knows it and we know it as well.

Cano has been tossed around in the media lately as a power hitter. The numbers don’t lie, and his lucky power number is currently .502. Slugging percentage, popularized now more than in many years prior, is used to measure the power of a hitter. Robinson Cano ranks #90 in the Slugging Average All Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac. He’s in good company too, with players like Darryl Strawberry, Jim Rice, and Paul Konerko close by at #82, #91, and #92, respectively. Roberto Alomar retired with a slugging percentage of .443.

Robinson Cano has made a name for himself in the sport of baseball. He’s become the most reliable hitter on the Yankee line-up, and puts on a show with his glove every day out on the field. He’s aware of all of the comparisons being made to the reigning Roberto Alomar, and who knows what the 29-year-old has in store for the rest of his career. All I know is that this is the Cano Show and we’re just his audience.

“I can see myself in him. He has all the tools to be a great player. He can be one of the best second basemen of this era. He hits for average and power, plays defense, can turn the double play, he is one of the best right now,” is what Roberto Alomar told the New York Post about Robinson Cano in 2010.

From one Robbie to the next, looks like the torch is being handed down by Alomar himself.

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