Today’s Must Read is Klapisch: Backman says Mets have ‘blackballed’ him

Here’s today’s must read.

Not sure this will help Wally get a MLB job.  I think that ship has sailed and he might be better off trying to be a poor man’s version of Pete Rose’s Crazy Uncle Pete character on Fox, but even there I don’t know what a road to the upper echelons would be given that he really isn’t a known name outside of Queens.

A bitter Wally Backman heads to the Mexican League

Source: Klapisch: Backman says Mets have ‘blackballed’ him