Wally Backman, a former Mets second baseman and current Long Island Ducks manager, referred back to the Ducks' previously released statement when asked Friday evening to comment on his arrest Friday morning concerning what law enforcement officials said was a domestic dispute with a woman at her home in Riverhead.


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