Wally Backman still comes to the ballpark with the same Arizona Diamondbacks duffel bag he had at his previous managing job, the one that lasted all of four days. He’ll probably be lugging more baggage after a tumultuous comeback season in the South Coast League. Let’s see: Backman has been suspended three times, he’s tussled with the league over everything from umpiring to drug policy, he’s…
Posted: August 16th, 2007.
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Wally Backman reinstated as manager of the minor league Peanuts (AP)
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Backman resigns as South Coast League manager after brief, stormy tenure (AP)
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Backman hired as manager for independent league team (AP)
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Backman is back in baseball (Yahoo! Sports)
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Big Unit continues comeback but acknowledges he might be through (AP)
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