<p>Wally Backman in back in town as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. <a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/david-lennon/lennon-backman-hasn-t-lost-any-of-his-fire-1.2031876">David Lennon </a>caught up with the&nbsp;fiery former Met.</p>

Wally Backman in back in town as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. David Lennon caught up with the fiery former Met.

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