{"id":448728,"date":"2026-01-31T03:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448728\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T03:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T03:27:07","slug":"ex-all-star-reliever-david-robertson-thankful-for-the-game-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448728\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-All-Star reliever David Robertson, &#8216;thankful for the game,&#8217; retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/29172\/david-robertson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Robertson<\/a>, who recorded 179 saves over a 17-year major league career while pitching for eight teams, announced his retirement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baseball has given me more than I ever dreamed possible over the last 19 seasons,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DRob30\/status\/2017345997702046162?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robertson posted on social media<\/a>. &#8220;&#8230; Saying goodbye isn&#8217;t easy, but I do so with deep gratitude for every opportunity, challenge, and memory. I&#8217;ll forever be thankful for the game and for everyone who made this journey extraordinary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robertson, who also went 68-46 and had a 2.93 ERA, made the All-Star Game in 2011 while pitching for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a>. He totaled at least 34 saves from 2014-16 playing for the Yankees and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/chw\/chicago-white-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago White Sox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander was part of 10 playoff teams, including the 2009 Yankees club that won the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson, 40, pitched for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/phi\/philadelphia-phillies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> last season, making 20 appearances with two saves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Robertson, who recorded 179 saves over a 17-year major league career while pitching for eight teams, announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-448728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}