Jeff Pearlman on Wally Backman and the ‘86 Mets

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Published May 10, 2010 at 7:40 a.m.

It’s time for another installment of “Playing for Peanuts,” starring current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman. Of course, “Playing for Peanuts” is a TV show about Wally’s team in 2007 – the South Georgia Peanuts. It’s a quirky, crazy story about Wally’s attempted comeback as a professional manager. In retrospect, it was a pretty good [ ... ] ...

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Backman Blow-up with the Posse

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Published April 22, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.

It’s time for another installment of “Playing for Peanuts,” starring current Brooklyn Cyclones manager Wally Backman. Of course, “Playing for Peanuts” is a TV show about Wally’s team in 2007 – the South Georgia Peanuts. It’s a quirky, crazy story about Wally’s attempted comeback as a professional manager. In retrospect, it was a pretty good [ ... ] ...

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Mookie, Melvin Join Mets

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Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 4:21 p.m.

Mookie Wilson is rejoining the Mets as the minor league outfield and base running coordinator and Bob Melvin is joining as a pro scout ... Both men have major league coaching experience ... Additionally, both men have been managers (Wilson managed the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2005 and Melvin managed the Mariners and Diamondbacks) ... Both [ ... ] ...

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Backman is Managerial Version of #1 Draft Pick

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 7:25 a.m.

Today the Mets will finally announce that Wally Backman will be the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. This marks a new beginning for the former Mets second baseman that saw him get hired, fired, land in obscurity, and then spend three years managing independent baseball. Some in the media will focus on his past transgressions, [ ... ] ...

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Backman hired as manager of Brooklyn Cyclones (AP)

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:10 p.m.

Wally Backman was hired Monday as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League. A member of the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, Backman was hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004. He was fired four days later after The New York Times reported he had been arrested twice and had financial problems ...

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Backman to manage Brooklyn Cyclones

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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 2:22 a.m.
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Wally Backman is expected to be named manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones early next week. The fiery Backman, 50, had been hired to manage the Diamondbacks in November of 2004, but Arizona officials backed out four days later, after prior off-the-field incidents came to light ...

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