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 ...

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 ...

In his 1979 book, “The Bronx Zoo,” former Yankees closer Sparky Lyle openly questioned why the team would trade for Goose Gossage prior to the 1978 season, when they already had Lyle as their Cy Young ...

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Sparky Lyle is royalty in Somerset Patriots country. He was their manager for 15 seasons prior to the minor-league club switching from independent ball as an Atlantic League ...

With the New York Yankees breaking tradition and updating their grooming policy, let’s take a look at the baseball cards of four players who not only had a complicated history with the rule, but also ...

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 ...