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Rays pitcher in MLB after rediscovering love of baseball with Long Island Ducks
Tyler Zuber is crediting a stint with a minor league team on Long Island for helping him “find his love for baseball again.��
Injury-plagued Angels have ex-Met star raking in Triple-A
Since he signed a minor league pact on June 12, Daniel Murphy has slashed an impressive .342/.413/.488 with one home run and eight RBIs in 10 games.
Ex-Mets hero signs with MLB team after LI Ducks stint
Daniel Murphy may have another chance at the majors.
What drove ex-Mets star to revive career with Ducks
Murphy’s seven-year stint with the Mets was highlighted by an insane binge in which he homered in six straight games against the Dodgers and the Cubs in the 2015 National...
One former Met's return to minor-league baseball has another thinking a big-league return is possible
When spring training workouts begin next week for the independent Long Island Ducks, one former Mets second baseman will be monitoring another.
Ex-Mets star signs with Long Island Ducks
The former Mets All-Star, who retired in 2021, signed with the Long Island Ducks of the Independent League, the team announced Wednesday.
Meet the oldest hitter in baseball
At 45 years old, Lew Ford, the hitting coach and designated hitter for the Atlantic League’s Long Island Ducks, was hitting close to .300.
MLB's mound experiment underwhelms
Doomsday didn’t come to Fairfield Properties Ballpark or its Atlantic League neighbors this summer. Then again, neither did salvation.
Wally Backman has tough talk planned for embattled Dwight Gooden
The usually chatty Wally Backman has no words. He just buries his face into his right hand. “I don’t even know what to say,” the former Met and now manager...
Former Met calling it quits
Kirk Nieuwenhuis is calling it quits. The former Met, who was playing for manager Wally Backman's Long Island Ducks, retired on Friday, according to multiple reports. Nieuwenhuis hit .259 with...
Wally Backman still managing and not giving up on MLB dream
The rain stopped. The tarp was removed. Fans walked through the Bethpage Ballpark turnstiles, gleefully accepting the Wally Backman bobbleheads being offered. The longtime Mets second baseman would manage his...
Wally Backman can't shake Mets regrets: Thought I'd be manager
Wally Backman always thought he was the next Mets manager in waiting, and apparently Terry Collins did, too. "I was very close to Terry Collins. I thought we worked well...
Wally Backman is finally a manager in New York
Wally Backman is coming back to New York. The Long Island Ducks announced on Wednesday that Backman would be their next manager. “I’m excited to join the Ducks knowing the...
Defiant K-Rod eyes MLB comeback from Long Island
Francisco Rodriguez was sitting in a dugout in Somerset, N.J., on Wednesday, eager to resume his quest to prove he can be a productive reliever in the major leagues. Known...