I was all about the beach yesterday but this seems worth bringing up. This Wally Backman guy seems pretty good. I wonder how he would handle all the ex-51’s now playing in Queens.
ROUND ROCK, Texas – Wally Backman of the Las Vegas 51s has been named the 2014 Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year, the league office announced today.
Backman was voted the league’s top skipper after a balloting of the 16 field managers and media representatives from each PCL city. He is the second Las Vegas manager to receive the award in the club’s 32-year history, with the previous recipient being Brad Mills in 2002.
Backman, 54, has guided the New York Mets’ Triple-A affiliate to their second-straight Pacific Southern Division title, after spending the entire season in first place. With three games remaining, the 51s hold an 80-61 record, the best mark in the PCL. This is the first time in the franchise’s history that the club has recorded two consecutive 80-win seasons, and will be heading to the postseason in back-to-back years for first time since 1987-88.
via Backman claims Manager of the Year Award | Pacific Coast League News.
