L.J. Mazzilli sees a lot of his father in Ducks manager Wally Backman. He hears a lot of him too. “Wally reminds me of my dad a lot. They say the same things all the time,” Mazzilli said.

Time may heal a lot of things, but the relationship between Wally Backman and Sandy Alderson is apparently not one of them. Backman, the 1986 World Series champion and former Mets minor league manager ...

Terry Collins wasn't the only manager in the Mets' organization whose team was mired in an early-season losing streak. Wally Backman, one of the finalists for the job that went to Collins last ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- The Mets will add a member to their coaching staff today when they begin a three game series in Atlanta. Wally Backman, their Triple-A manager, will join the staff for the remainder of the ...

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 ...

With Luis Rojas out the door, the Mets will be looking for their fourth manager in the last five seasons this winter. And while this decision likely won't be made until they hire a president of ...

Wally Backman, former Mets second baseman and currently the manager of the Long Island Ducks, was in court on Long Island on Tuesday for alleged criminal mischief and harassment. Backman, 60, ...

Wally Backman has left the Mets organization. Backman was a manager for the Mets in the minors since 2010. But, it’s no secret that the former Met wanted to be a manager in the majors. Backman ...

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 ...