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Bad Guy Wally Backman


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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 11:10 a.m.

Everyone knows Wally Backman is a bad guy. It’s a known fact. The guy is just bad news. Right?Not so fast.Here’s a story of a bad guy doing something that you might not expect. And you certainly won’t be reading it anywhere else…This past weekend – before he became the new manager of the Brooklyn [ ... ] ...

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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 in Brooklyn


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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 4:11 a.m.

The Mets officially named fiery fan favorite -- and potential Jerry Manuel replacement -- Wally Backman as manager of their Single-A Brooklyn affiliate yesterday ... Backman, who was practically drummed out of baseball in 2004 when legal and financ ...

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Backman and the Mets, Together Again


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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 2:32 a.m.
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Wally Backman, an infielder for the 1986 champions, gets another chance as a manager in a major league organization five years after his last one fell apart ...

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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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Wally May Be Back, Man


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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 5:39 a.m.

Most New York newspaper sources are reporting that Wally Backman will be returning to the Mets organization as a minor league manager, with the official announcement coming on Tuesday.I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with Wally yesterday afternoon, just talking baseball. He would neither confirm nor deny the news, and since this [ ... ] ...

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What the Breakfast Chicken Hatched


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Published Nov. 15, 2009 at 6:10 p.m.

Athletes have been known be implored to attend Bar Mitzvahs. Sometimes it's because a particular athlete is Jewish; there's a great bit in a movie called Keeping Up With The Steins about an extraordinarily competitive L.A. family trying to get then-Dodger Shawn Green to show up at their son's affair. Sometimes it's because the fan issuing the invite thinks an athlete is Jewish — as was the commonly misconceived case when David Cone came to the Mets with a name that sounded pretty darn

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End Zone: Doc Gooden starting all over again


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Published Nov. 14, 2009 at 7:45 p.m.
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More than half his life has passed since the spectacle of Dwight Gooden in his No. 16 Mets uniform, so young and strong and utterly gifted, fueled a frenzy the likes of which this town may never see again - a frenzy that reached everywhere ...

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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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Mets Should Have Kept Herzog


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Published Nov. 13, 2009 at 9:36 a.m.

Mets history might be so different if only… ... While watching SNY’s first installment of Yearbook , Whitey Herzog was seen in full Mets regalia working with young players within the system. If only the Mets had realized what a great mind Herzog had ... Last night’s installment of Yearbook focused on the 1971 season. These films were produced after the season as propaganda for prospective advertisers. Much of the film was seen by the general public for the very first time last evening.

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