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

For one night the home of the Yankees’ Double- A affiliate Somerset Patriots became the neighborhood diner. Their game with ...

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.

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… ...

Ron Guidry discussed a variety of topics during his first appearance at the Yankees Double-A affiliate at TD Bank Ballpark Tuesday night.

AP PhotoAlbert Walter Lyle was nicknamed "Sparky" because he spoke his mind for the New York Yankees. Take cover. Find Denis Leary and the rest of the gang from "Rescue Me." And apologize to U2 on ...

Ron Guidry discussed a variety of topics during his first appearance at the Yankees Double-A affiliate at TD Bank Ballpark Tuesday night.

1975 Topps - Sparky Lyle (#485) – The legendary reliever Sparky Lyle was another Yankee who bristled at the strict grooming rules.