Wally Backman and ‘Playing for Peanuts’

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Hot Foot found this 5/11/2008 on bats.blogs.nytimes.com [flag]
John Fitzgerald, an award-winning filmmaker, chronicled the first and only season of the Peanuts and its manager, Wally Backman. [link]

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A Little FYI For Mets Fans
Published 5/11/2008 by Peter Wade at Hot Foot
... Also, tune in to SNY at 6:00PM tonight and check out the documentary “Playing for Peanuts,” Jack Curry of the NY Times writes: ...

Backman
Published 5/12/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
... Bats' Jack Curry tells of what sounds like a fascinating documentary featuring Wally Backman's odyssey through the independent leagues: ...

Jimmy Scott's High & Tight: The John Fitzgerald "Playing For Peanuts" Interview
Published 14 days ago by Jimmy Scott at Jimmy Scott's High & Tight -
... . This is the show that was pulled off of the RSNs when John didn't feel New York's SNY was giving any promotion to. This is the show that you can now download HERE. But there's more. Wally Backman has gotten most of the press with ...

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