Backman hired as manager of Brooklyn Cyclones (AP)

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Published Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:10 p.m.
Wally Backman was hired Monday as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League. A member of the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, Backman was hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks in November 2004. He was fired four days later after The New York Times reported he had been arrested twice and had financial problems.


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