View full size Mike Roy/The Star-Ledger Sparky Lyle, who won the American League Cy Young award as a relief pitcher with the Yankees in 1977, has been the manager of the Somerset Patriots since ...

Sparky Lyle, the former Yankees reliever who has managed the Somerset Patriots since the team's inception in 1998 has stepped down from his position, the team announced Wednesday.

How Sparky Lyle’s wacky slice of the minor leagues became a big-shot Yankees affiliate By . Ryan Dunleavy. Published Sep. 16, 2021. Updated Sep. 16, 2021, 6:09 p.m. ET.

On Labor Day afternoon Sparky Lyle was lounging in his underwear, sitting back in a recliner with a cigarette in hand, watching the Yankees on TV while reminiscing about his own glory days. Put a c… ...

Yup: Sparky Lyle, wearing the No. 28 jersey, same as he did in Yankees pinstripes, has spent the last dozen years leading the Patriots to five Atlantic League championships (including the last two ...

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick guest speaker Sparky Lyle signs an autograph for 9-year-old Tommy Lynch of Wyoming at Genetti’s. Former Yankee great Sparky Lyle signs an autograph for past ...

Sparky Lyle couldn’t figure out why the tube of toothpaste that he kept in his Yankees locker kept running low faster than he expected. So the Cy Young Award-winning closer for the 1970s era ...

Before Mariano Rivera and Rich Gossage, the New York Yankees had Sparky Lyle. No one did more than Lyle to help the Yankees win the 1977 world championship, which was their first one since 1962 ...