MLB: Cano benched for lack of hustle on fielding play

No lack of Hustle in Washington Heights…eh, Robby.

Robinson Cano stopped in his tracks and stared at a rolling baseball, as it headed into the Yankee Stadium outfield. Joe Girardi punished him with more time to watch idly.

The Yankees’ second baseman was pulled from Sunday’s game after the fourth inning and benched after he did not chase a ball hit by the Rays’ Cliff Floyd. Girardi cited a lack of effort on the ground ball, which Floyd hustled into a double.

“This is a game where you have to play hard every day,” Girardi said. “There are people that are hungry that want your job. Our job is to play hard and give your best every day. That’s what we ask, and you need to do it on a daily basis, because there’s people that want to do it.”

...“They’ve got a better view than where I was,” Cano said. “I would say they’re doing the right thing.”

Asked what he would do if he had a second chance, Cano said he would “go out and get the ball, and show them that I’d still like to be there and help the team and I’ve got a passion for the game. It’s not that I just see the ball and I’m lazy.”