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...
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Billy actually passed the pitcher but I thought that the pitcher got the corner of the bag and Billy got the middle. It was close.
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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.
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You're always happy when you can get a Triple-A or big-league pitcher because most, as a whole, know what they are doing. Finding a way to win a game or go five innings when you don't have your best stuff is what pitching is all about.
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Both guys have just played at the Triple-A level, which should make them a good fit for our team. Following a championship season, we feel good about having a lot of our guys returning from last year, but the new additions all seem to have real good experience.
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The thing is you (pitchers) can't be messing around with the guys in the front of the order. Eventually, it will catch up with you. They could be the best at those positions (in the batting order) in the league.
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Down the road, with our depth, how can you rest guys? I hope we can make adjustments, because the only way we're going to change the team is to upgrade.
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We feel that Fernando and Travis are going to give us a lot of depth at the catching position. Fernando ... was one of our strengths in the playoffs, and we're glad to have him back.
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I can't see us trying to steal a base in a 0-0 game until the late innings. We'll have to see how that one plays out.
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I don't know who is going to lead off -- whoever can run the best. Maybe George. He can take pitches and he makes contact.
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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.
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It's very hard to repeat because your team gets dismantled every year. The biggest thing for us last year was winning the first-half title, and that will be our goal again.
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Sylvester was very good. He threw the ball hard.
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.
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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.