Baltimore Orioles great, Mike Flanagan

mdaudioguy
mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
edited August 2011 in The Clubhouse
It's been a long time since I've been so affected by the loss of someone I've never met...

http://www.wbaltv.com/sports/28967968/detail.html
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    Yup, heard it on the news up here in MA this morning (as he was from NH... Manchester, IIRC). No cause of death, last I heard. EDIT: oh, just read the WBAL blurb; that's what I was afraid of, given his young age...

    I remember him well as a pitcher; we were still in B-more in those days.
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited August 2011
    Flanny!

    RIP
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited August 2011
    What a class act. We'll miss him.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    Wow that SUCKS!
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2011
    For me, those were the golden years for the O's. I was four when they lost to the Pirates in the Series, in '83 I was eating and breathing baseball as many eight year old American boys do. My mom still has my bat they gave out on bat day '84 that had the signatures of the whole championship team the year before. Flanagan was the classiest on a roster filled with classy baseball players.

    From what I've read, he was despondant over his perception of the public's opinion of his role in the performance on the club recently. I thought he was out of the management in '08; doesn't really add up to me. Besides, every O's fan I know blames that a**hole Angelos for the way the team's been going.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    strider wrote: »
    For me, those were the golden years for the O's. I was four when they lost to the Pirates in the Series, in '83 I was eating and breathing baseball as many eight year old American boys do. My mom still has my bat they gave out on bat day '84 that had the signatures of the whole championship team the year before. Flanagan was the classiest on a roster filled with classy baseball players.

    From what I've read, he was despondant over his perception of the public's opinion of his role in the performance on the club recently. I thought he was out of the management in '08; doesn't really add up to me. Besides, every O's fan I know blames that a**hole Angelos for the way the team's been going.

    well... there was also '66. and '69... and the early 70s...
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    well... there was also '66. and '69... and the early 70s...

    Absolutely, great times for the Orioles as well. Brooks, Frank, Apiricio, Belanger etc. I just wasn't around yet to enjoy them first hand. :biggrin:
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    Angelos has destroyed the Orioles.
    Nothing but a billionaires hobby.
    I had hoped Ripken Jr would have gotten the financing to buy the team but i guess that was a pipe dream.
    Growing up in the 60's and 70's was a great time to be a Baltimore sports fan.
    Now,not so much.The ravens are cool to have but the Colts will always be my team.The BALTIMORE COLTS that is.
    Bullets are gone,Clippers are gone.Oh but we have the Blast! Woopee.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,500
    edited August 2011
    Very sad news.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2011
    Gus Triandos and Milt Pappas. All Greek battery. Probably a first and a last.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    George Grand wrote: »
    Gus Triandos and Milt Pappas. All Greek battery. Probably a first and a last.

    I am just - barely - old enough to remember both.

    Flanagan's death is extremely sad - particularly if it truly was tied in with (his perception of his role in) the current state of the Orioles. Stuff like that just shouldn't happen.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited August 2011
    brgman wrote: »
    I had hoped Ripken Jr would have gotten the financing to buy the team but i guess that was a pipe dream. Now, not so much.The ravens are cool to have but the Colts will always be my team.The BALTIMORE COLTS that is.

    I too hope Cal gets involved with the team. I believe he was been busy with his son in high school. So I think he said he will have more time to spend with the Orioles in some role. +1 to the BALTIMORE COLTS, had a lot of fun at those games. I loved the whole Memorial Stadium experience. It was no frills for sure but it was truly Baltimore. RIP Flanny, we'll miss you. :cool:
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