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Despite coaching double-duty, family wins baseball man's heart

 
By Bryan Painter | Published: September 5, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Keith Lytle wears a black cap with a blue brim and a white star. He's an assistant baseball coach of the Oklahoma City University Stars.

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•WHAT: Game 3

•WHEN: 7:05 tonight

•WHERE: AT&T Bricktown Ballpark

•TICKETS: Call the Oklahoma RedHawks, 218-1000

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Lytle also wears another black cap. This one has a capital R that features a hawk's eye and red tail feathers. He's a part-time assistant with the Oklahoma RedHawks, who tonight host Game 3 of the Pacific Coast League's American Conference playoffs at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark.

But it's the third hat Lytle, 48, wears that is the most important to him, the dual role of husband and father. Lytle and wife Jane, married 20 years as of last week, have a 12-year-old son, Joe Jackson Lytle.

"I enjoy being at his ballgames more than any other place in the world,” Lytle said of Joe, a catcher.

That goes a long way toward explaining why Lytle, highly respected by many in baseball circles, wears the many hats. Because with this combination he can do many things.

Lytle can work year-round as assistant to NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Denny Crabaugh at OCU. The Stars made four consecutive appearances in the NAIA championship game starting in 2002 and won the national championship in 2005.

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