Playing for Peanuts

The series centered on former New York Mets star Wally Backman's managerial comeback, following a four-day stint as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004.

[1] Fitzgerald maintained that the network refused to promote the show because it might be seen as an endorsement of Backman to replace New York Mets manager Willie Randolph.

Fitzgerald has since posted select episodes on his YouTube account, and is selling the complete series on DVD via Amazon.

According to Baseball Digest, Backman had asked Fitzgerald for the cell phone number of Mets COO Jeff Wilpon.

[2] After calling Wilpon, Backman reportedly impressed the team during a series of interviews, leading to his hiring.