Brooklyn Cyclones 2017 Field Staff

Manager: Edgardo Alfonzo has been named Cyclones manager for the 2017 season. Alfonzo had a 12 year MLB career with the Mets, Giants, Angels, and Blue Jays, retiring during the 2006 season. He was a Cyclones coach during the 2014, ’15 and ’16 seasons. His brother, Edgar was the Cyclones manager in 2001, and the 2007 and ’08 seasons. A nephew,  also named Edgar pitched for the Cyclones during the 2004 and ’05 seasons.

Pitching Coach: Royce Ring will be in Brooklyn for his first year after coaching for the Gulf Coast Mets for two seasons (2014-15) and last season with the Kingsport Mets. Ring was a first round draft pick in 2002 by the Chicago White Sox and was a major league pitcher for the Mets, Braves, Padres and Yankees from 2005-10.

Hitting Coach: Sean Ratiff was a fourth round draft pick by the Mets in 2008 out of Stanford University. He played in the minor leagues for five years and spent the 2008 season with the Cyclones. He begins his second season coaching for the Cyclones after serving as the hitting coach for the Kingsport Mets in the Appalachian League in 2015.

Athletic Trainer: Giovanni D’Onza joins the Cyclones after serving as athletic trainer for the Dominican Summer League Mets in 2014 and the Gulf Coast League Mets in 2015. He has an M.S. degree in Athletic Training from Seton Hall University.

Photo Credits: Brooklyn Cyclones, Amazin' Avenue, Mets Merized Online

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Former NYPL Manager Wally Backman Epic Meltdown in 2007

Updated at 5:21pm on 9/13/16

It was reported by various news sources yesterday that Wally Backman has parted ways with the New York Mets organization. According to mlb.com, he left on his own because he didn't see any future with the Mets.. Backman spent the past seven years managing in the Mets organization. He managed the last five years in AAA with the Buffalo and Las Vegas farm teams and was the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year in 2014.

Backman managed the Brooklyn Cyclones in 2010. He led the Cyclones to the McNamara Division Championship with a 51-24 record before losing in the NYPL Championship Series to the Tri-City Valley Cats.  He managed the AA Binghamtion Mets in 2011 before moving to AAA.

Here is his epic meltdown in 2007, while managing the South Georgia Peanuts. Strong language.