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In 1977, the Yankees' closer, Sparky Lyle, won the Cy Young Award. In the off-season, the Yankees signed Rich Gossage and made him their closer, taking the job away from Lyle. At the end of the 1978 season, Lyle was traded. The Yankees' Graig Nettles cracked that Lyle had gone "from Cy Young to sayonara."

[terry]

In 1977, the Yankees' closer, Sparky Lyle, won the Cy Young Award. In the off-season, the Yankees signed Rich Gossage and made him their closer, taking the job away from Lyle. At the end of the 1978 season, Lyle was traded. The Yankees' Graig Nettles cracked that Lyle had gone "from Cy Young to sayonara."