James Jeffrey Sparks (born April 4, 1972) is a former

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. Sparks never won an MLB game but did pick up one save. It came on September 27, 1999 against the New York Yankees. Sparks went 1 1/3rd innings to save a 10-6 Devil Rays victory. As of May 2007, Sparks was selling home-and-garden products at

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and attending firefighter school while training with former major league pitcher Mike Marshall.https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-marshall051007&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

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