All Wally Backman demands of his Brooklyn Cyclones is perfection in the fundamentals of the game, and his team — assuming the personality of its new skipper — already looks up to the challenge. The ...

Ducks manager Wally Backman took a trip back to his roots last weekend, leaving the team for two days to attend Mets Old-Timer's Day Weekend at Citi Field. Backman, who played nine seasons with the ...

One of the most fiery members of the 1986 New York Mets title team, Wally Backman still has the same passion for the game as the 51s’ manager. “I think I’m intense,” he said. “I want to win just as ...

Wally Backman isn’t worried anymore. Just a week ago, the Ducks manager was concerned about the way his team was playing down the stretch of the season that he scheduled a workout on the final off day ...

Ex-Met Wally Backman was “a habitual drunkard” who knocked back mid-game drinks while managing the Long Island Ducks — with one all-night bender ending when he shoved his girlfriend, cutting her wrist ...

Welcome to Saturday evening's game between the Buffalo Bisons and the Syracuse Chiefs. Or what I like to call "Zack Wheeler's Triple-A Debut Eve." The Mets top prospect is expected to start for the ...