Robinson Cano returns to play at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time since leaving the team to sign a mega-bucks free-agent contract with the distant Seattle Mariners.
The star second baseman is hoping for a “standing ovation,” but the reaction in The Bronx is expected to be heavier on the jeers.
That was the setup for a priceless video segment with Cano during his appearance Monday on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Self-professed Yankees fans in Bryant Park are offered the chance to boo a massive cardboard cutout of Cano. Then Cano himself pops out from behind the prop offering hugs and handshakes — and just watch how quickly these hardened New Yorkers change their tunes.
The skit was reminiscent of another baseball-star-on-the-street Fallon clip from last summer featuring Mets ace Matt Harvey: