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.

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 ...

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 ...

Sparky Lyle, left, and Ron Guidry share a moment before Tuesday night's Somerset Patriots game at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater. Although Lyle jokingly refrained from getting into one of his ...

Although Lyle jokingly refrained from getting into one of his infamous “birthday cake” stories on the field, Guidry told the tale of how it was Lyle who taught him the slider that ...

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 ...

I n 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 ...