Hank Steinbrenner hovered above the crumbling Yankees universe yesterday like a thick fog. In yesterday's Post that was passed around the Yankees' clubhouse, Steinbrenner's remarks about it being time for the Yankees to "decide to earn"...

- Can scathing comments from an owner or a closed-door meeting called by the manager spur a team to victory? When that team gets a performance like the Yankees did from Mike Mussina Wednesday night against the Rays, it certainly makes things much...

Hank Steinbrenner had a message yesterday for his Yankees: Gentlemen, it's time to get your act together. "We've got to forget about all the injuries and start playing our butts off," Steinbrenner told The Post. The Yankees were buried by...

The difference between the atmospheres in the two clubhouses told the story. On the visiting side, there was nothing but somber silence, the few players still hanging around doing their best to explain what went wrong in another heart-breaking loss....

Don't look for Alex Rodriguez in the middle of the Yankee lineup any time soon. Rodriguez was slid into the Carl Pavano Memorial MRI Tube in Tampa yesterday, and the results on the strained right quad weren't good enough for the medical staff to...

Tropicana Field has always been a home away from home for Andy Pettitte, who has dominated the Rays throughout their 10-year history. Monday night, the Rays made a statement to Pettitte and the Yankees: They are not going to be pushed around any...

Rain washed away the Yankees' Mother's Day series finale against the Tigers, but Mother Nature may have delivered a welcome gift for the Bombers. The rainout gives the Yankees a couple of more days to figure out what to do with Kei Igawa, who was...

Kei Igawa was the only one who truly believed he wasn't awful Friday night against the Tigers when he cemented the fact that he is the biggest waste of $46 million in a Yankee history. At least they are collecting insurance on the $40 million...

It took more than a month for a starting pitcher not named Wang, Pettitte or Mussina to pick up a win for the Yankees. Darrell Rasner needed just six days to repeat the feat, giving the Bombers hope they have found a steady presence at the back end...

If Joba Chamberlain's yelling and screaming on the mound gets to the point where another team might take it out on another Yankee, Joe Girardi will talk about it with his stud reliever, but the manager firmly believes it's simply a case of a pitcher...

And you thought Ian Kennedy was bad. Kei Igawa was lit up in his first start of the year, as the Tigers hammered him for six runs over three-plus brutal innings Friday night, taking a 6-5 win over the Yankees in the series opener at Comerica Park. ...

Two nights ago, Indians outfielder David Dellucci pinch-hit a go-ahead three-run homer off Joba Chamberlain. After giving up that shot, the 22-year-old reliever bent over, avoided watching the runners score and otherwise appeared upset. Thursday...

Johnny Damon called the Yankees' offense "pitiful" on Wednesday after a shutout loss to the Indians. Damon didn't really mean that. He just says those things when he gets frustrated. And he was mostly frustrated with himself. Damon did...

Back on the field yesterday for the first time since going on the disabled list, Alex Rodriguez felt fine during his workout. But he's not returning to the Yankees until at least Thursday. A-Rod was optimistic about coming off the DL next...

Chien-Ming Wang's performance Wednesday night against the Indians would typically have been more than enough to put the Yankees in the win column. Unfortunately for Wang and the Bombers, they ran into the red-hot Cliff Lee. Lee and the Indians...