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Lyons bringing baseball to ravaged Gulf Coast

When Hurricane Katrina hit his home in Biloxi, Miss., Barry Lyons only had time to round up his family, grab his wife's purse and rescue the family's miniature schnauzer, Jingles, a Christmas present for his 7-year-old daughter.

Lyons, a former catcher for the Mets from 1986-1990, lost everything in the storm: his business, his house, scrapbooks and tapes from his playing days, even his 1986...

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