It will seem dated now, but it was funny when it came out

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	• The Year I Owned the Yankees: A Baseball Fantasy Sparky Lyle Bantam, 1990 - 313 pages average customer review:based on 4 reviews
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The best Sports Fiction that I have ever read

Not only was he a great closer for the New York Yankees, Sparky Lyle spins the most hilarious yarn that I have ever read.

For baseball fans, especially Yankee fans which I am not, this is a must-read. Rarely do I laugh out loud when I'm reading, but Sparky made me chuckle throughout the entire read.

I'm waiting for Sparky's second fiction to come out.

Funnier than "Bronx Zoo" and better written

I found this book to be funnier, better thought out and better written than "The Bronx Zoo".

The ghost writer did a much better job of editing this book than was the case with that other book by Sparky Lyle.

There are amusing anecdotes both real and imaginary in this book, and the plot line flows pretty naturally.

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It will seem dated now, but it was funny when it came out

A fictitious account of the year that Sparky Lyle operated the Yankees. It spoofs the first fifteen years of the Steinbrenner era. That's why it's dated. Steinbrenner was well known for ignoring his baseball people back then, and doing boneheaded things like trading Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps. It's funny because, his intentions to the contrary, Lyle likewise ignores his baseball people in the book. I think he ends up with six left-handed hitting first basemen.