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Tag Archives: wally backman
Mets Can Learn from the Jets
During the NFL offseason, the Jets made the somewhat surprising move of hiring Rex Ryan as their head coach. The hiring was met with mixed opinions from the pundits, and there were much eye rolling going on when Ryan addressed … Continue reading
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Tagged bill parcells, billy martin, bobby cox, casey stengel, jets, rex ryan, tom lasorda, wally backman
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Mets Continue to Clean House
Somehow this news got buried at the bottom of Adam Rubin’s postgame report on Sunday night, as if it were inconsequential: Binghamton B-Mets manager Mako Oliveras and Gulf Coast League manager Julio Franco have been fired. Oliveras and Franco join … Continue reading
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Tagged julio franco, luis aguayo, mako oliveras, omar minaya, ramon pena, wally backman
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Bring Wally Back, Man
The first shoe dropped when Tony Bernazard was relieved of his services. Most recently, Latin American scouting chief Ramon Pena met the same fate. Additionally, Omar Minaya’s former mentor and current right-hand man Sandy Johnson announced he’d be retiring at … Continue reading
Yankees Manage Adversity, Mets Don’t
Peter Abraham explains how the Yankees were able to wade through adversity earlier this season while the Mets keep coming up with excuses. USAToday spotlights Wally Backman’s road back to an MLB managing job. It doesn’t just seem like Mets … Continue reading
Mets Link Roundup: Uncle Vin, Antsy Jose, ESPN and Wally F’ing Backman
David Lennon reports that Vin Scully hilariously compared last night’s loss to the 1962 Mets. The Mets Police has a nicely worded rant against ESPN’s Sunday night baseball. Rather than focus entirely on the Beltran/Phillips debate (remember these guys?), Mets … Continue reading
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Tagged ESPN, jose reyes, ryan church, vin scully, wally backman
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Link Roundup
Several members of the media question the emasculation of Ramon Castro, including Ed Coleman. Similarly, Adam Rubin believes Jerry Manuel is burning his bridges with Castro, and doesn’t understand why he was tweaking Ryan Church earlier this spring, either. Oh, … Continue reading
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Tagged adam rubin, ed coleman, jerry manuel, mike vaccaro, omir santos, ramon castro, ryan church, wally backman
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Happy Birthday Brian Giles
Before there was Brian Giles the on-base machine, there was Brian Giles the light-hitting second baseman for the New York Mets. Giles epitomized everything that was wrong with the organization in 1983, but you have to look at the season … Continue reading
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Tagged bob macdonald, brian giles, eric hillman, orber moreno, wally backman
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