Video: Cano pranks Yankees fans on ‘Tonight Show’

By Brady Henderson

Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano isn’t quite sure what to expect when he returns to Yankee Stadium
for the first time as a visitor.

One thing’s for sure, though: he’ll be booed by at least a portion – if not the majority – of the fan base that is sour over the way he left New York for a 10-year, $240 million contract in Seattle over the offseason.

On Monday, a day before the Mariners and Yankees open a three-game series, Cano had some fun with all the indignation when he appeared on “The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon” and took part in a skit in which he surprised unsuspecting Yankees fans who thought they were booing a giant cardboard sign with the second baseman’s image.

Check it out in the video atop the post.

During an interview with Fallon – which is embedded below – Cano showed deference toward the fans for the support they showed him during his nine seasons in New York.

“I would say the way I left New York, I left it in a good way,” he said. “I won a World Series in ’09, and hopefully (I) get a good standing ovation, but if it’s not I’m going to have fun and I’m still going to have some love for the New York fans for all those years that I was here. They were so patient and were so kind to me, and I really want to thank them for that.”

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