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Wally Backman starts over with Brooklyn farm team

NEW YORK (AP) Wally Backman wants another chance to manage in the majors.

The former Mets second baseman, fired after four days with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004, was introduced Tuesday as manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones, New York's Class-A farm team in the New York-Penn League.

"I have to start over somewhere," Backman said at the club's Coney Island ballpark. "I couldn't really ask for a better minor league job." (MORE)

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Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
NY Mets	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	x	4	9	0

W: Figueroa (3-8) L: Lopez (0-2)

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Final Boxscore

Eastern Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB
X-Philadelphia	93	69	.574	-
Florida	87	75	.537	6
Atlanta	86	76	.531	7
New York	70	92	.432	23
Washington	59	103	.364	34

Full Standings

Leaders
AVG:	D. Wright	.307
HR:	D. Murphy	12
RBI:	D. Wright	72
SB:	D. Wright	27
W:	J. Santana	13
ERA:	J. Santana	3.13
Saves:	F. Rodriguez	35
K:	J. Santana	146

General Batting (Rank)
AVG:	.270 (6)
Runs:	671 (25)
Hits:	1472 (9)
Home Runs:	95 (30)
Stolen Bases:	122 (6)
OBP:	.335 (13)
SLG:	.394 (27)
Total Bases:	2150 (27)

General Pitching (Rank)
Earned Run Average:	4.45 (21)
Runs Allowed:	757 (15)
Saves:	39 (20)
Strikeouts:	1031 (25)
OpBA:	.264 (17)
OBP:	.342 (23)
SLG:	.418 (16)
Run Support:	4.23 (24)

Last Results
Date	Opp	Final
10/4	vs. Hou	W 4-0
10/3	vs. Hou	W 5-1
10/2	vs. Hou	W 7-1
9/30	@ Was	L 4-7
9/29	@ Was	L 3-4
9/28	@ Was	L 1-2
9/27	@ Fla	W 4-0
9/26	@ Fla	L 6-9
9/25	@ Fla	W 6-5
9/23	vs. Atl	L 2-5
Full Schedule

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
11/19/2009	F. Tatis	Declared Free Agency
11/12/2009	F. Martinez	Removed From 60-Day DL (Right knee inflammation)
11/12/2009	J. Niese	Removed From 60-Day DL (Torn right hamstring - out for season)
11/12/2009	F. Nieve	Removed From 60-Day DL (Torn right quadriceps - out 6-8 weeks)
11/12/2009	O. Perez	Removed From 60-Day DL (Right patellar tendinosis-out for season)
11/10/2009	E. Dessens	Declared Free Agency
11/9/2009	G. Sheffield	Declared Free Agency
11/7/2009	J. Putz	Declared Free Agency (team option declined)
11/7/2009	J. Putz	Removed From 60-Day DL (Right elbow surgery - out for season)
11/6/2009	A. Cora	Removed From 60-Day DL (Thumb ligament surgery - out for season)

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
11/2/2009	J. Francoeur	Left thumb surgery (day-to-day)
8/25/2009	J. Santana	off 15-day DL
8/24/2009	J. Francoeur	Torn left thumb ligament (day-to-day)
8/24/2009	O. Perez	off 60-day DL
8/18/2009	A. Cora	off 60-day DL

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