Word: lyle
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...female rock star turned in desperation to lovers of either sex. One lesbian affair, which went on sporadically over the last two years of her life, was with a groupie named Peggy Caserta, who describes it all with fulsome vulgarity and very little insight in Going Down With Janis (Lyle Stuart...
...innings. Roy White's solo circuit in the top of the twelfth was the decisive blow, as the New Yorkers overcame some stout pitching by Mickey Lolich to push the Tigers one step closer to elimination, while keeping their own slim pennant hopes alive. Ex-Soxer Sparky Lyle...
Statistics alone do not reflect a relief pitcher's effectiveness. Saves are credited when a pitcher protects any sort of lead, big or small. In Sparky Lyle's case, most of his saves have come in crucial situations. For instance, there was his performance in a game against the Texas Rangers in June. Summoned to the mound in the eighth inning, with the Yankees leading 3-2, Ranger runners on second and third, and no one out, Lyle intentionally walked Home-Run Threat Frank Howard, the first batter he faced. Then, with the bases loaded, he coolly struck...
...again tomorrow. If I lose, why moan? I hate to let runs score, but I can't get uptight. If I worry about ruining a game today, then I might wreck one tomorrow. When a game is over, forget it." Forget it he does. Win or lose, Lyle is always the life of the Yankee locker room. His most curious antic is to plant his bare backside on any particularly gooey cakes that find their way into the locker room. It all started when he played for the Boston Red Sox and a teammate hit him in the face...
Born in DuBois, Pa., Lyle has been a relief specialist for almost all of his major league career, which began with the Boston Red Sox in 1967. The Yankees had coveted him for two years, but it was not until before the start of this season that they finally acquired him in a trade for First Baseman Danny Cater. At the start of last week, after Sparky had played a part in eight of nine Yankee victories over a twelve-game stretch, the team was only 1½ games out of first place in the American League's Eastern...