A brand new weekly no holds show featuring former 1986 World Champion NY Mets iconic 2nd baseman Wally Backman. Throughout the years Wally has become one of the most beloved members of that magical team that won 108 regular season games, and went on to beat the Astros in the NL Championship series and beat the AL Champion Boston Red Sox in 7 games to win the world championship. Wally went on to become a long time minor league manager for the Mets, and later managed in Mexico, and for the independent Long Island Ducks.
Long time sports and talk radio personality Bruce Jacobs (a lifelong Mets fan) co-hosts with Wally and his opinionated style is sure to create some lively talk with Backman. Each week the two will bring on the biggest names in baseball, including those Amazin Mets that were Backman's teammates from 1986!!
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A brand new weekly no holds show featuring former 1986 World Champion NY Mets iconic 2nd baseman Wally Backman. Throughout the years Wally has become one of the most beloved members of that magical team that won 108 regular season games, and went on to beat the Astros in the NL Championship series and beat the AL Champion Boston Red Sox in 7 games to win the world championship. Wally went on to become a long time minor league manager for the Mets, and later managed in Mexico, and for the independent Long Island Ducks.
Long time sports and talk radio personality Bruce Jacobs (a lifelong Mets fan) co-hosts with Wally and his opinionated style is sure to create some lively talk with Backman. Each week the two will bring on the biggest names in baseball, including those Amazin Mets that were Backman's teammates from 1986!!
On episode 5 of Eighty 6'd with Wally Backman, Wally and co-host Bruce Jacobs welcome his former teammate and member of the 1986 World Champion Mets, "HOJO" Howard Johnson! Hojo and Wally discuss that 86 team, and they weigh in on current Mets 3rd Baseman Mark Vientos, the 2024 team, and other great stories, including why Johnson got free meals forever at Howard Johnson restaurants!
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Host: Wally Backman
Co-Host: Bruce Jacobs
Eighty 6'd with Wally Backman
A brand new weekly no holds show featuring former 1986 World Champion NY Mets iconic 2nd baseman Wally Backman. Throughout the years Wally has become one of the most beloved members of that magical team that won 108 regular season games, and went on to beat the Astros in the NL Championship series and beat the AL Champion Boston Red Sox in 7 games to win the world championship. Wally went on to become a long time minor league manager for the Mets, and later managed in Mexico, and for the independent Long Island Ducks.
Long time sports and talk radio personality Bruce Jacobs (a lifelong Mets fan) co-hosts with Wally and his opinionated style is sure to create some lively talk with Backman. Each week the two will bring on the biggest names in baseball, including those Amazin Mets that were Backman's teammates from 1986!!
