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Actually, that happened in 2007 and he was hired by the Mets to manage in Class A ball AFTERWARDS.FWIW, that team he was managing was being featured in a documentary, so he was probably hamming it up for the camera. Either way he comes off as a super doosh.
Thing is, he didn't do anything that we haven't seen from Earl Weaver, Lou Pinella, John McGraw, and many other famous managers. Difference was Backman was miked.
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