Along with being Prineville's best perm practitioner (this is an unofficial designation), Sandi happens to be married to one Walter Wayne "Wally" Backman, outdoorsman, defunct deli owner ...

Wally Backman spent four days as manager of the Diamondbacks in November of 2004. Subsequently fired over his failure to disclose a 1995 restraining order filed by his first wife that involved ...

Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman was cleared Friday on charges that he shoved his one-time girlfriend and took her phone to stop her from calling the cops, officials confirmed.

Former Mets second-baseman Wally Backman was arrested on Long Island for allegedly shoving his girlfriend into a wall Friday morning and stopping her from calling cops, officials said. Backman ...

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.

A Riverhead Town Justice Court judge on Friday acquitted former Mets second baseman Wally Backman of assaulting his then-girlfriend during a domestic incident at the woman’s home last August.

WASHINGTON — Wally Backman just wanted a little respect. The former Mets infielder broke his silence Tuesday, a day after it was announced that the popular Backman wouldn’t return to the ...

Wally Backman wanted to give it one more shot. The former second baseman who helped the Mets to a World Series title in 1986 was heading back to Mexico for winter ball, but before he left he ...

An attorney for former Mets star Wally Backman portrayed him Wednesday as a victim of sloppy policing and a mentally unstable ex-girlfriend with a long criminal record on day two of his trial in ...

PHOENIX -- Just four days after he was introduced as Arizona Diamondbacks manager, Wally Backman was fired Friday following revelations he was arrested twice and struggled with financial problems.

BEND, Ore. Wally Backman went to sleep two months ago at his home in Prineville, Ore., dropped his head on the pillow and dreamed again about becoming a big-league manager. The world was in ...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Wally Backman stopped midsentence to reach for another cigarette. “Hey, it’s only my third,” he said with a sheepish grin, failing to mention he had started 20 ...