Sparky Lyle, ever patient, autographed yet another photo. Lyle, 72, was polite and thanked the man, but he later explained that he wanted no part of such a celebration, or a plaque. He doesn’t belong in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium, Lyle insisted, and he doesn’t believe a lot of other recent honorees do, either. “The way I feel about the Yankees, I don’t think you need to be in Monument Park unless you’ve played your whole freaking career there and done something special like the original guys that are out there,” Lyle said. They’re putting them out there so they can have a 70,000-seat day and make some money.

Source: New York Times April 16, 2017 19:46 UTC