Wally Backman is out as manager of the Monclova Acereros of the Mexican Baseball League after just 42 games. No governments were overthrown. No animals were harmed. The fiery Backman compiled a ...

Wally Backman knows all about dealing with adversity, and as the first-year manager of the Double-A Binghamton Mets, part of his job is helping others do the same. The colorful, and sometimes ...

Former Las Vegas 51s manager Wally Backman is back in minor-league baseball. The New Britain Bees of the independent Atlantic League announced Thursday that Backman, who managed the 51s from 2013-16, ...

Wally Backman insisted Tuesday that he resigned as manager of the New York Mets' Triple-A affiliate because of a lack of respect and repeatedly getting passed over for the major league staff. "It didn ...

NEW YORK -- The long road back started with a cold call. Wally Backman, five years into his exile from baseball's establishment, had run out of people to ask for a second chance. So the once-beloved ...

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 ...

Clearly happy to be wanted again, Wally Backman ventured deep into every handshake line last week, visiting three venues in just over a day to introduce himself to the fans of the New Britain Bees, ...

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 ...

Wally Backman will go anywhere they let him manage. The former Mets World Series second baseman and longtime coach in the organization, a season after managing in the Mexico Baseball League, will be ...