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

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

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.

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 ...