Smallthoughts: Rant of the Week …Wally Backman

Earlier this week a fan favorite of many Met fans from the team’s history Wally Backman resigned as manager of the Mets Triple A team in Las Vegas. “I chose to resign because I didn’t see a future at the Major League level with the Mets at this time,” Backman said in a statement. “My

What happens in Vegas: Backman receives top manager honors

As if Terry Collins doesn’t have enough to worry about, fan favorite Wally Backman won manager of the year in Las Vegas which is sure to get the mets fan base even more fired up about replacing Collins with Wally Backman. Here is the following report by Mike Puma on Backman winning the award. By