ROBINSON CANO IS YOUR FAVORITE YANKEE SECOND BASEMAN

As I’ve stated time and time before, doing these polls on your All-Time favorite Yankee players is always a personal choice and there is no wrong answer.  We also usually get the more recent players in baseball history chosen because they are constantly in our minds, on TV, the Internet and the highlights are plastered all over the place.  Is it fair? Not for the old time greats, but it’s still fun to vote.  It’s funny though, in our 1^st baseman poll a few weeks back, ya’ll chose Don Mattingly first, not as recent, but still in the public eye for many of us.  Anyway, no biggie, just wanted to point that out. On to the poll:

Robinson Cano was the clear winner in this poll, getting 40 votes from the Bleeding Yankee Blue readers, that was 38% of the vote.  A no-brainer honestly. The guy is truly a terrific 2^nd baseman and one of the best the Yankees have ever had and like I said, the highlights are constant.

(In Photo: Bobby Richardson)

He was followed by Willie Randolph who received 26 votes, or 24% of the voted in this poll and then finally, Bobby Richardson, another Yankee favorite who snuck in at 16 votes.  Everyone loves Richardson. I actually expected him to come in higher in the voting, maybe even higher than Randolph, but like I’ve stated, recent history helps the recent players in this poll.

(In Photo: Billy Martin)

After those 3 guys, there’s a distant separation.  Guys like Billy Martin received 5 votes and Horace Clarke…yeah that’s right, Clarke, received 4 votes…he was tight with the late great Tony Lazzeri.  I was surprised by that.I expect Lazzeri much higher.

Chuck Knoblauch and Steve Sax both received 2 votes each…must have been the throwing problem that grouped them together. I’m joking, but it’s ironic.    And who could forget Alfonso Soriano. He received 2 votes as well.

Mariano Duncan, our second baseman for the 1996 championship New York Yankees received zero votes.  Alittle surprised by that, but he wasn’t with us very long.  Mariano isn’t exactly considered a New York Yankee, he had a career before he came to us and retired soon after that championship team.

Look, this exercise is just for fun, like I’ve said, there is no wrong answer, it’s a personal choice.  I’m thrilled that you participated.  

Next up… your favorite New York Yankee shortstop of all time.  Clearly Derek Jeter will crush everyone… but hey, let’s see what happens. Look for it soon.

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