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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 3-5 total (3) Sparky was talking to writers of a newspaper about some of his games. He was talking about his game with the Yankees and how his teammate Nickey Rivers hit a single to get the game tied, and Willie Randolph hit a long drive down center field to drive in someone to get the lead. Then he was talking about how he was pitching, got and out and then set up a perfect double play to win the game -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 1-2 total (2) Sparky Lyle just won the Cy Young award for absolutely amazing stats. He doesnt get emotional, but he was so excited to hear his name be called. -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 5-11 total (6) It was talking about how Sparky was done with the pros so he started playing around the neighborhoods -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 11-23 total (12) Sparky was talking about his time down in the minors and how the barely pulled out a 6-5 win. He was also talking about how he went down to hot muggy florida for training camp. He was in Toronto and Dennis Bennete got hurt he got a shot at the Red Sox but the manager said he'd be number 2 behind John Wyatt. -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 23-69 total (46) Sparky was talking about how his team had a 500 record and he was getting ready for spring training. He said that he didnt need the 6 weeks to get ready, but the coach called him and said that he would be done if he didnt go to spring training -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 69-125 total (56) Sparky was talking about how one of his team mates would always inspect everything even if its a piece of wire to see how it was made. His team always played pranks on each other like making thhe wrong order for someone. -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 125-207 total (82) Sparky was talking about how he was starting to get irritated with his team. His coach got mad because Guidry didn't throw his first pitch by 8 0'clock -
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Non Fiction: bio-- pages 207-300 total (97) Sparky got to pitch against the Angels and they were up until the last two innings when Goose pitched and made them lose.Cat was also saying how he willpitch a lot more and make sure the other team will hit it every time before he retires with the team he's at. in 1978 Lyle was also traded to the texas Rangers and retiered there, where he got half a million dollars to broadcast their games. He got another chance to pitch cuz' he had something to prove.