BRIDGEWATER – Forty-five years removed from winning the American League Cy Young Award in pinstripes, Ron Guidry still cares deeply about the New York Yankees. “Louisiana Lightning” made his first ...

Forty-four years ago today, the Yankees’ Sparky Lyle became the first relief pitcher to win the AL Cy Young Award. Sparky received nine first-place votes, finishing ahead of future Hall of Fame ...

Yankee statistics: 745.2 IP, 420 G, 57-40, 2.41 ERA, 2.91 FIP, 148 ERA+, 141 SV, 454 K, 15.1 fWAR, 14.9 rWAR Lyle’s 141 saves during his seven years in the Bronx were second in the league to Hall of ...

Somerset Patriots co-chairmen Jonathan and Josh Kalafer have gifted a sculpture to the team and Somerset County in honor of their father, chairman emeritus Steve Kalafer, and manager emeritus Sparky ...

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – Sparky Lyle is inviting volunteers to join him at TD Bank Ballpark Saturday morning to help Operation Shoebox New Jersey assemble 1,000 personal care packages that will be shipped to ...

One of the first times Sparky Lyle explained the objective of the Somerset Patriots to an MLB executive, he was interrupted by a strange sound. On a road trip to visit spring training sites in 1998, ...

Major League Baseball has always been theater. On April 19, 1972, Marty Appel added some now-standard pomp. Then 21, the Brooklyn native and New York Yankees' assistant public relations director ...

WILKES-BARRE — Tommy Lynch approached Sparky Lyle with trepidation. Lynch, one of more than 425 attending Friday night’s Greater Wilkes-Barre Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner at Genetti’s Hotel and ...

Sparky Lyle stares at a list of names in the press box of TD Bank Ballpark. After 16 seasons as one of the best relievers in major-league history and nearly 25 years with the Somerset Patriots, this ...