One of the true heroes of my younger years, Mike Flanagan, has been found dead along a walking path at his home in Monkton MD. Rip and thanks for the memories.
One of the true heroes of my younger years, Mike Flanagan, has been found dead along a walking path at his home in Monkton MD. Rip and thanks for the memories.
Suicide, bummer.
Where did you hear that? I have not heard that at all.
According to Baltimore’s WBAL-TV, Flanagan committed suicide because he was “despondent over what he considered a false perception from a community he loved of his role in the team’s prolonged failure.”
Where did you hear that? I have not heard that at all.
Ken Rosenthal as well as the local Baltimore news stations are all talking about it......
Full Count » Ken Rosenthal on D&C: Report of Mike Flanagan’s suicide ‘disturbing’
A guy wins a World Series, wins a Cy Young Award, makes umpteen million dollars playing baseball, then manages the front office of his team for half a dozen years and then, instead of sinking into obscurity, he continues to be a local celebrity as sportscaster, and so when he walks down streets where you and I would go unnoticed, one person after another lights up and says, "Mike Flanagan! I saw you pitch once!" and then every once in a while, some a$$hole says, "You suck!" and, if the speculation is accurate, he couldn't take that. Imagine what it would be like if a ground ball had rolled under his glove...
A guy wins a World Series, wins a Cy Young Award, makes umpteen million dollars playing baseball, then manages the front office of his team for half a dozen years and then, instead of sinking into obscurity, he continues to be a local celebrity as sportscaster, and so when he walks down streets where you and I would go unnoticed, one person after another lights up and says, "Mike Flanagan! I saw you pitch once!" and then every once in a while, some a$$hole says, "You suck!" and, if the speculation is accurate, he couldn't take that. Imagine what it would be like if a ground ball had rolled under his glove...
Not harsh at all. That's real. If he did kill his self for that reason then shame on him. What about his family?
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