Robinson Canó
Robinson Canó (baseball player who currently plays as second baseman for the New York Yankees) is mad ticklish! Here's an article, entitled the same way, that talks about Robinson's ticklishness and the other Yankees tickling him:
Sports News: Robinson Cano is Mad Ticklish
When I walked into the locker room, I heard cries of laughter and pleading in an accent reminiscent of Ricky Ricardo, “Stop! Ey! Stop! Ey!” As I turned the corner and passed Babe Herman Ruth’s locker, my attention shifted from the memory of baseball’s most beloved icon to watch Yankee captain Derek Jeter, 3rd baseman Alex Rodriquez and catcher Jorge Posada tickle a pinned down Robinson Cano. “Tickle, tickle, tickle,” the three veterans taunted to a squirming Cano as they dug into him with their fingers.
Yankee batting couch Dave Eiland said, “I don’t know what the guys are putting in those tickle fingers of theirs, but it’s after the allstar break right now and Robby is batting 325% with 78 RBIs and 24 homeruns. If it’s the tickling that’s helping Robby hit that ball then I’m all for it.”
I sat down with head couch Joe Girardi for his thoughts on the locker room antics, “You know, tickling the new guys is all part of the game. I mean, Robbie’s not that new anymore, and I guess the team is just trying to get theirs in before it’s too late. As long as it’s not affecting his game, I’ll be turning my head and let the guys do what they have to do. I can remember getting a little under the arm action form guys like Scott Brosius, David Cone and Darryl Strawberry right before the 1998 world series. I was damn near retirement then. These young guys don’t know how easy they have it.”
Robinson Cano’s response was slightly less tolerant, “Ets yust like dey be playin all da time and coash don’t even punish dem. I tell coash dey always ganging up on me ‘cause dey know I’m maaaaad ticklish. Coash tell me, ‘ok Robbie, who is it, I’ll talk to dem.’ I say ‘its Yeter, A Rod, Posada and even some guy Mosley.’ I don’t even know who dis guy is and he’s tickling me. Eben one time I was getting held down and da batboy came over and tickled me in under my arm. Sometimes everybody play too much and A Rod he likes to play for real sometimes.”
Yankee outfielder and funny man Nick Swisher said, “Ah man, it’s all good. We’re all family in this clubhouse and I can’t remember the time a little tickle action hurt anybody. Robbie gets it the most ‘cause he’s got that sense of humor. He laughs at everything and I mean everything. I swear to God he laughs before I can even tell him a joke sometimes. He’s just that kind of guy. If you watch him after he makes an amazing play in the field, which he does all the time, you can see him try to hold back a smile from bursting out every time. I mean, come on! The guy damn near tickles himself.”
I found Bret Gardner in the cages still working out hours after everyone had gone home for the night and asked him why he was never involved with tickling Robinson Cano. Gardiner said, “Why the hell would I want to tickle a grown-ass man? The other day I walked by Jeter and A Rod and they were giving it to Cano. A Rod asked me if I wanted in. ‘Hell no,’ I said. I’m here to play baseball and win a goddamn world series, not fricken tickle Cano.”
Yankee captain Derek Jeter commented, “It’s just clubhouse stuff. We’re all really proud of the way Robbie has grown up and who knows where we’d be without his bat. I can see the kid even getting a gold glove in the next few years. Regardless of what people think about us tickling Cano, that’s their business. The fact of the matter is that we’re in first place and Robby is batting 325. Our stats are what people should be concerned about. If it’s that little tickle that makes Cano’s bat hot and gets us closer to another World Series then it’s that little tickle that everyone on the team will give Cano so we can win.”
http://www.thebouncemagazine.com/articles/sports-news-robinson-cano-is-mad-ticklish
