Sparky Lyle
Author of The Bronx Zoo
Works by Sparky Lyle
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1944-07-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Organizations
- Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Texas Rangers
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago White Sox
Members
Reviews
Awards
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 2
- Members
- 254
- Popularity
- #90,187
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 6
Sparky's book was fun at the time, and I absorbed it like it was Coke Classic. It was amazing to get a behind the scenes look at my favorite team. I wasn't mentally developed enough then to see how absolutely ridiculous this book was. I've reread it twice since, once in my 20s, and then again when I turned 50. What I found as I grew older was a book about a bunch of spoiled kids, getting paid a lot of money to play a game that I love. Now the book just basically pisses me off. I guess because I put so much faith and love and the last days of my childhood into such screwy bunch of overgrown adolescents. Well, I've gotten off track here. I'm supposed to be reviewing the book. OK. It's a good read for baseball fans in general. Sparky's whining gets old pretty quick, but he does say a lot of funny things. It was nice to get a relief pitcher's perspective of the games. Already knew that Reggie was a dick, but it was fun seeing how much of a dick he actually was. The best part of the book was seeing Guidry having one of the greatest years for a pitcher ever. A much better book for Yankee fans is Guidry's "Gator". Oh, also, "Driving Mr. Yogi".… (more)