Sparky Lyle
Sparky Lyle
Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyleis an American former left-handed relief pitcher who spent sixteen seasons in Major League Baseballfrom 1967 through 1982. He was a relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox...
ball both good threw time
They threw the ball well. Pitching, for being the first time out, was pretty good on both sides.
bringing good heading hopefully lead shape spring staff wins
We feel that we are in pretty good shape heading into spring training. I like the experienced staff we are bringing in and hopefully that will lead to a lot of wins this season.
confidence guys hard
I really don't know why. I know one thing: My guys go out there and play hard for me. That is such a confidence booster for me.
bring guy players somebody
We always try to get some new players because they bring a freshness. But we're not going to not take somebody (back) if the new guy isn't that good.
found george
When George found out about it, it was church.
bad deal good joe klein moaning selling sign
When you sign some new guys, you are selling them on the league. Joe Klein has been very good about it. Sometimes he has apologized, and sometimes he has said deal with it. Moaning about it just made everyone else think bad about it.
great hit sure
He's great defensively, and I'm sure he can hit a little bit.
money season sign talk
There are two things going on. Do we have the money to sign another player? That's probably something we'll talk about tonight, but we can't go into the season without a shortstop.
accurate definitely hit hitters
He's definitely got the tools. He's accurate and he could hit with any of the big hitters on the tour.
rest
He's going to play the rest of the way out.
calls changes worst
He was safe, no if ands or butts about it. That was one of the worst calls of the year. That wasn't even a contest. It changes the whole thing.
came five glad guys last pitchers season start success time
We had a lot of success last season with guys that came with major-league experience. I'm glad to see that we're going to have about five pitchers with big-league time with us to start the year.
baseman best continues jeff league offensive past success third threats three top year
Jeff has been a big part of our success the past three years. He's been one of the top offensive threats each year and he continues to be the best third baseman this league has seen.
experience larry looking recently veteran
Larry has the experience we are looking for at first base. He's a veteran who was just recently in Triple-A, and we feel he'll do well in our league.