Former New York Mets’ Wally Backman smiles during a news conference after his introduction as the new manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in New ...

Current Long Island Ducks manager Wally Backman in a 2019 photo. Backman, the former Mets second baseman and member of the 1986 World Series champions, managed the Mets' Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas ...

The Long Island Ducks and manager Wally Backman have parted ways, the Ducks announced in a statement on Friday. Backman, who won a World Series as a player with the Mets in 1986, managed the Ducks for ...

Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman poses during a news conference after his introduction as manager of the New York Mets’ Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League, ...

Backman was a manger for the Mets in the minors since 2010 Triple-A Las Vegas manager Wally Backman has left the organization, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said on Monday. Backman, 56, had been a manager in ...

Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning and charged with domestic violence in Riverhead, New York. The 59-year-old minor league manager was accused Friday of ...

After winning the North Division’s first half title and earning a spot in the Atlantic League playoffs in September, the Ducks stumbled at the start of the second half. They won just three of the ...

When spring training workouts begin next week for the independent Long Island Ducks, one former Mets second baseman will be monitoring another, excited about the possibilities. After two seasons ...

Had a good pregame chat with Bisons manager Wally Backman this morning near the indoor batting cages in advance of today's home opener. It's a 2 p.m. start against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the sun is ...

Baseball, especially winning baseball, makes strange bedfellows. Sid Bream and Wally Backman of the Pittsburgh Pirates provide a vivid example. "Sid is the chapel leader here, a strict Christian," ...