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Mike Flanagan: Last Word on 29/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave. Jane Leavy(via Grantland) , with a short, sweet essay about longtime Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, who committed suicide last week.
"Crafty Lefty Hall of Fame" on 25/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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"Crafty Lefty." I’ve always loved the way those two words bounce off each other. They almost rhyme, but not quite. They evoke an image of a left-handed pitcher trying to hold off the world with a not-too-fast fastball, the guile of a street hustler and a certain unwillingness to accept the unlikeliness of it all. Joe Posnanski(via SI.com) , in honor of that craftiest of lefties, Mike Flanagan, the longtime Orioles pitcher (and 1979 AL Cy Young award winner) who died tragically yesterday evening.
RIP Mike Flanagan, Cont'd on 25/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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I have been frequently asked to name my favorite player or the funniest player that I have ever covered, and the answer to both questions has been the same since I first met Mike Flanagan in 1979. He was the wittiest, sharpest, most clever baseball player I've ever seen Tim Kurkjian(via ESPN.com)

Be sure to scroll down and read Richard Justice's piece, too. (Or click here.)
In Memory of Mike Flanagan on 24/8/11 | Tipped by John Ourand |
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To know him was to see the Orioles at their best. He was much more than that, too. He was the best in all of us. Richard Justice(via Houston Chronicle) , with a loving tribute to longtime Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, who was reported dead Wednesday night.
RIP Mike Flanagan on 24/8/11 | Tipped by Quickish |
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As devasted as we all are, Mike Flanagan's life wasn't wasted, it made most of us what we wouldn't have been without him. MLB Network's Peter Gammons(via Twitter)

And from ESPN's Buster Olney: "Mike Flanagan was one of the funniest people I've ever met, a river of one-liners. Thoughts and prayers for his family."

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