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Top 5 Robinson Cano moments in Yankee pinstripes

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Robinson Cano returns to the Bronx for the first time as a visitor Tuesday after spending the better part of his decade-long career wearing pinstripes.

Cano said earlier this week it would be "weird" to go back to his former home stadium in the Bronx, but he's already practiced being boo-ed by New Yorkers on a recent segment with Jimmy Fallon. 

And hey, he'll be the only one at Yankee Stadium this week with a $240-million contract and a great beard. Nothing could go wrong.

As the countdown begins for Robbie's homecoming, we've collected five of his best moments as a Bronx Bomber as a welcome back to the concrete jungle where dreams are made (and then paid ample amounts of dollars to relocate to Seattle.)

2005 - Robbie's first hit in the Majors

Cano debuted on May 3, 2005 at the age of 22. He was 0-for-3 in his first game, but went 2-for-4 the following day against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, recording his first hit in the bigs. 

Look at the youth!

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Cano later fell short of the AL Rookie of the Year title that year to Oakland's Huston Street. This October, the Dominican native turns 32. 

2008 - Walking off the O's at the old place

Robbie recorded a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the second-to-last home game of the season. The 1-0 win over the Orioles was the final walk-off game to take place at old Yankee Stadium.

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The next night, Cano tacked on one more history footnote, recording the final RBI in stadium history with a sac fly in the seventh inning.

2009 - Cano christens new Yankee Stadium

Though long-tenured Yankee Jorge Posada will go down in new stadium's history as the first home-run hitter, Robinson Cano actually went long nearly two weeks prior to Posada.

In an April 3 exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs, a fan captured this video of Cano's perfectly hit ball to right center off of Ted Lilly.

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2013 - Who's on second?

Cano spent so much time on the turf at Yankee Stadium, he started to get a little territorial about the space up the middle during this game in July 2013.

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2013 - 4-6-5-6-5-3-4

Cano starts and finishes the first 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 in Major League history in the top of the eighth inning. Bam. That's how weird stuff is done.

Watch it happen over and over again with every single TV and radio broadcast:

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