brian roberts
Roberts' four-hit day helps Yankees win second straight
MINNEAPOLIS — Even when the Yankees get four extra base hits from one player and score six runs in the opening two innings, they can’t avoid sweating for a win....
Punchless Yankees fall to .500 after second straight loss to Rays
After investing roughly $500 million during the offseason, the Yankees are looking at another 500 number — and it’s not pretty. With Tuesday night’s 2-1 loss to the Rays, the...
Beltran homers, blunders into 'embarrassing' play on bases
OAKLAND, Calif — On the same day Carlos Beltran forgot how many outs there were and wandered off first base in a miserable loss, the switch-hitter may have rediscovered his...
Liberty Media's Malone falls into big-is-better camp
Liberty Media chief John Malone looks as if he wants to snatch his cable crown back from Comcast’s Brian Roberts. Malone’s plans to spin off Liberty’s cable broadband holdings into...
Small ball will only take resourceful Yankees so far
ST. LOUIS — Maybe those ornery Yankees fans from the Curtis Granderson/Nick Swisher years had a point, after all. Perhaps those teams really DID hit too many home runs. Nah....
Dead-bat Yankees no match for Cardinals' Lance Lynn
ST. LOUIS — America’s jails house deadbeat dads who offered more support to their families than the Yankees supplied David Phelps with Tuesday night. Pitching in front of a family...
Rehabbing Pineda making progress
CHICAGO — After facing batters Saturday, Michael Pineda is scheduled to pitch two innings in an extended spring training game Tuesday in Tampa. If that goes well, Pineda will throw...
Yankees' Girardi gives banged-up Roberts day off
CHICAGO — Yankees manager Joe Girardi didn’t want to use second baseman Brian Roberts on Saturday against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field unless it was an emergency situation,...
Walk-off homer off Robertson hands Yankees crushing loss
CHICAGO — David Robertson wanted the pitch to Adam Dunn down and away so the powerful left-handed hitter couldn’t lift into the cool air that filled U.S. Cellular Field. Instead...
Sabathia to get cortisone shot in right knee
Dr. James Andrews didn’t find a meniscus tear in CC Sabathia’s right knee Tuesday, however the hinge has issues that are going to be addressed Thursday in Birmingham, Ala. “There...
Kuroda, Phelps and Nuno solidify a banged-up rotation
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Solid outings from David Phelps and Vidal Nuno and a terrific one from Hiroki Kuroda doesn’t erase all the anxiety surrounding the Yankees’ rotation that quickly went...
Yankees' hottest hitter not the first free agent you'd think of
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Girardi took some of the blame for Brian Roberts’ slow start as a Yankee, the manager saying it’s possible he played the second baseman too much. Roberts...
Roberts’ first homer lifts Yankees after bullpen blows it
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Yangervis Solarte drew first blood from Hiroki Kuroda with a fielding error that led to two unearned runs. Next it was Shawn Kelley flushing Kuroda’s win with...
Girardi: Too 'early' to drop struggling Jeter in lineup
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Joe Girardi isn’t ready to drop Derek Jeter’s frigid bat in the lineup. Nor is the Yankees manager prepared to use Brendan Ryan as a defensive replacement...
New cable world: Roberts & Rutledge alliance
The cable guys have quit feuding and are sweethearts again. Comcast won the support of John Malone’s Charter Communications by making nice and handing over 3.9 million video subscribers. The...
Cano hopes for 'standing ovation' on Yankees' turf
Robinson Cano will play his first game as an opposing player at Yankee Stadium Tuesday when he shows up with the Mariners. But he was already making the rounds in...
Unreal string of injuries turns Yankees inside out
It took The Post a while, but it finally hit us why the Yankees went so heavy on outfielders and so light on infielders during the offseason. It turns out...
Yankees' Brian Roberts out with back injury
The original plan was for switch-hitter Brian Roberts to start at second base Sunday night against Red Sox left-hander Felix Doubront. However, The Post learned earlier Sunday the plan was...
Struggling Roberts sobered after being lifted for pinch-hitter
Brian Roberts knew his spot was coming up in the bottom of the ninth and then saw Brett Gardner getting ready to pinch hit. At that point, even Roberts could...