Sparky Lyle has stepped down as manager of the Somerset Patriots after 15 years with the independent league club. Mike Roy/The Star-Ledger ...

As a Yankee, Sparky Lyle was a jokester and a champion. Now, in the second act of his baseball life, a lot has changed. A lot hasn’t.

The Somers Junior League team will represent Connecticut in the Eastern Regionals, in hopes of advancing to the Junior League World Series.

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… ...

Sparky Lyle pulled off his Somerset Patriots cap, ran a hand through his long silver hair and eyed the lineup card. The everyday perks — microwavable cheese macaroni, a Milky Way bar and a pack ...

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 ...

Lyle will be joined by approximately 50 other Yankee legends when they host the 71st annual Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium on June 25.

Yankees reliever Albert 'Sparky' Lyle was surprised in 1972 when, as he walked to the mound, organ music played. That started the entrance song trend.

NASHUA, N.H. – From Fenway Park’s visitors bullpen, Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle watched a tumultuous season teeter on an electrifying at-bat. At the plate stood Carl Yastrzemski, whose 1967 ...