All Pensacola Blue Wahoos games are televised live on MiLB.TV. In 1998, Backus coached the Orlando Wahoos in the Women's Pro Fastpitch league. In June he was promoted to the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos. He was promoted to the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos during the season. After the game, he was promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Double A affiliate, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Southern League. He made three appearances with the Blue Wahoos before being recalled to Cincinnati. The Reds assigned him to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and he finished the season there. The term "Wahoos" spread around the University and was commonly in use by the 1940s. The league suspended play in Orlando and assigned the Wahoos roster to the Racers. All Blue Wahoos games are broadcast on radio on 97.1 The Ticket and TuneIn Radio. He pitched for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos of the Class AA Southern League. The Florida Wahoos defeated the Ohio Pride in the championship series held in Springfield, Missouri. He began 2017 with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. He began 2019 with the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, earning Southern League All-Star honors.