Wally Backman: Sandy Alderson Is Blackballing Me

Wally Backman at Mets spring training in 2012 (Photo By: Howard Simmons/NY Daily News via Getty Images)NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Wally Backman is accusing Mets general manager Sandy Alderson of blackballing him from landing a minor league managerial job.

Backman will manage Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League this summer after being passed over for jobs in the states. The former Met told NJ.com’s Bob Kalpisch that a friend of his in the commissioner’s office told him Alderson has been working against him.

“There’s been a bad roadblock, and I know where it’s coming from,” Backman said. “In the last phone call I had with Sandy (in September) he said, ‘I will do anything I can to help you.’…