Thirty years ago today, the Boston Red Sox sent relief pitcher Sparky Lyle to the New York Yankees for first baseman-outfielder Danny Cater. Lyle went on to save 141 games in a seven-year career, winning the Cy Young award in 1977, when the Yanks won their first World Championship since 1962. Some also credit Lyle for teaching Ron Guidry how to throw the slider. Cater played three years for Boston, batting .262 and hitting 14 homers. The Sox needed a first baseman, because the previous October, they had traded George Scott (and Ken Brett) to Milwaukee.