Wally Backman

Wally Backman SI, APRIL 11, 2005

After more than two decades in baseball, Wally Backman landed his dream job: manager of a major league club. That's when his life came crashing down

Died at age 93, former Giants catcher Harry (the Horse) Danning, who made the National League AllStar team every year from 1938 to '41. Danning--whose nose earned him the nickname Schnozz before sportscaster Ted...

Hey, who was responsible for those exit polls on Election Day, the BCS?

Fired by the Diamondbacks four days after he was hired as their manager, Wally Backman. Once a scrappy second baseman, Backman was introduced as Arizona's new manager on Nov. 1. The next day a story in The New York...