YANKEES THURMAN MUNSON SIGNED SPARKY LYLE PHOTO STEINER

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FINALLY, A MEMORABILIA COMPANY YOU CAN TRUST! WELCOME TO LEGENDS OF THE FIELDHOME OF THE $.99 CENT NO RESERVE AUCTIONSITE SPECIALIZING IN: ** AUTHENTIC HAND AUTOGRAPHED MEMORABILIA ** ** EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITIONS ** ** RARE AND HARD TO FIND COLLECTIBLES ** ** MUSEUM QUALITY DISPLAY CASES ** ** COLLECTIBLE TRADING CARDS & NOVELTY GIFTS ** $$ FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES $$ VOTED # 1 IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROUD TO BE THE MOST VISITED E BA Y MEMORABILIA SUPERSTORE Featured Athlete(s): SPARKY LYLE Collection: 8x10 PHOTO PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED AND SUADE MATTED Hand Autographed: IN PERMANENT BLUE INK! Stat Plate: "Friendship Lasts Forever, If Only Our Heroes Could." In Honor of The Late Thurman Munson Legends of the Field Exclusive SPARKY LYLE Albert Walter "Sparky" Lyle (born July 22, 1944) is an American former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in DuBois , Pennsylvania . Lyle was first signed as an amateur free agent by the Baltimore Orioles on June 17, 1964; however, he never played a game for the Orioles. On November 30 of the same year, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox from the Orioles. He first joined the Red Sox as a player on July 4, 1967, during their "Impossible Dream" season. He was at first assigned uniform number 15 by the Red Sox, but during the middle of the 1967 season was given number 28, which he retained through nearly all his major-league career. By the 1969 season he would emerge as the Red Sox' top reliever. On March 22, 1972, he was traded to the New York Yankees in exchange for first baseman Danny Cater and a player to be named later (Mario Guerrero). Lyle became the Yankees' bullpen ace, and established himself as one of the best relief pitchers of the 1970s, helping the Yankees to three straight pennants from 1976-78 and winning the World Series the last two years. In 1972 he saved 35 games, an American League record at the time, and a major-league record for left-handers; Ron Perranoski had set both marks in 1970, but John Hiller would surpass Lyle's total with 38 in 1973. In 1972 Lyle also became the first southpaw to collect 100 saves in the AL . He again led the league in saves in 1976, and in 1977 became the first AL reliever ever to win the Cy Young Award. He was named an AL All-Star in 1973, '76 and '77. In 1976 he broke Hoyt Wilhelm's AL record of 154 career saves, and the following year eclipsed Perranoski's major-league mark for left-handers of 179 career saves. Through 1977 Lyle had compiled 201 career saves, and was within range of Wilhelm's career big-league record of 227. Much as later Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has entered games to the tune of "Enter Sandman," Lyle has also been associated with a trademark song to herald his entry into games, "Pomp and Circumstance." But despite the fact Lyle had won the 1977 Cy Young Award, the Yankees signed Goose Gossage as a free agent during the '77 off-season, and Gossage followed with an outstanding 1978 season which made Lyle expendable. On November 10, 1978, Lyle was part of a major trade that sent him, along with four other players and cash, to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Juan Beníquez and four other players, including a young Dave Righetti. During the '78 season, Yankees teammate Graig Nettles famously quipped that Lyle went "from Cy Young to sayonara." Authenticity: You will receive a Certificate of Authenticity from Steiner along with a Tamper Proof Hologram that matches your item. Your item also inlcuded the official hologram of Major League Baseball. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE WORKED IN CONJUCTION WITH OUR FRAMING PARTNERS STEINER SPORTS AND MOUNTED MEMORIES IN CREATING OUR LIMITED EDITIONS. DO TO THE TIMELINESS AND DETAIL IN CUSTOM FRAMING YOUR PIECE, WE CUSTOM FRAME AT BOTH THE STEINER GALLERIES IN NEW YORK OR THE MOUNTED GALLERIES IN SUNRISE FLORIDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------- LEGENDS OF THE ... read more

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