Baseball was shocked at the news that Seattle Mariners star and former Yankee Robinson Cano tested positive for a drug designed to mask performance-enhancing drugs. Robinson carries a deep connection to the Phillies, in particular, the 2009 World Series.
Philadelphia dropped their opportunity to win back-to-back World Series championships in a six-game series against the Yankees. The series carried historic implications, including the first National League team to go back-to-back since the Reds in 1974-75, and the potential of Charlie Manuel being a Hall of Fame manager.
Robinson is the fifth player on the 2009 World Series squad linked to performance-enhancing substances, the others being Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Jerry Hairston Jr.