tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post2790536477904852007..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Mike Flanagan 1951-2011By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23293520913999323732011-08-27T01:01:51.753-07:002011-08-27T01:01:51.753-07:00Mike...good point about Dick Cheney, but this is n...Mike...good point about Dick Cheney, but this is not the place to display that comment.Jeffrey Leonardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-2294396026429707142011-08-26T07:33:07.988-07:002011-08-26T07:33:07.988-07:00I noted on another website Mr. Flanagan's sad ...I noted on another website Mr. Flanagan's sad passing. I then made the mistake of reading some of the comments, and I was frankly disgusted. Wave after wave of self-righteous judging along the lines of 'I've had hard times and I'm still here so I must be better than him' and 'I've been out of work and broke for two years but god will fix it, mf was so weak' and other such foolishness. Okay, all you jerks have all the answers about everyone else's lives, let's just get god to abdicate and you can take over, ok? Walk a mile in someone else's shoes first, why don't you? Also D. Cheney is a war criminal and should be treated as such. But since he lied repeatedly to justify torture and mass murder in service of the Empire, he has de facto immunity forever. So you tell me--is there something wrong with a country where lying about an affair is an impeachable offense, but butchering and abusing uncounted thousands of people is not?mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13702049055992109192011-08-26T05:38:30.161-07:002011-08-26T05:38:30.161-07:00I heard a commentator (whose name I didn't cat...I heard a commentator (whose name I didn't catch) talking about Flanagan on yesterday's "Mike and Mike" show on ESPN Radio. He told a story I liked: In 1991, Dick Cheney - who was then Secretary of Defense, riding high on the success of Operation Desert Storm - attended a game at Camden Yards when Flanagan was pitching. Afterwards, Flanagan said "I got a bigger ovation than Dick Cheney. And he had a better Spring than me!"Tim Dunleavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881671137563687203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45904756915424134942011-08-25T12:48:54.508-07:002011-08-25T12:48:54.508-07:00WBAL TV is reporting Flanagan may have committed s...<a href="http://www.wbaltv.com/r/28967968/detail.html" rel="nofollow">WBAL TV is reporting Flanagan may have committed suicide</a> due to despondency over the 15 year history of futility for the organization. Don't know if it's true or not on the suicide, but Peter Angelos really is the Donald T. Sterling of Major League Baseball. The long-dead Edward Bennett Williams would still make a far better owner of the O's that Angelos.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30181326012236188742011-08-25T12:35:00.256-07:002011-08-25T12:35:00.256-07:00A sad tragedy.A sad tragedy.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-29506095127515350972011-08-25T10:03:39.327-07:002011-08-25T10:03:39.327-07:00When I heard about his passing, you were the first...When I heard about his passing, you were the first person I thought of. I'm so sorry for yours and baseballs loss.Melissa Banczaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55267117607591685052011-08-25T08:57:27.447-07:002011-08-25T08:57:27.447-07:00What does a former professional athlete do in the ...What does a former professional athlete do in the "front office" of a ball club?Jeff Badgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140675912066630821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-911971744596206922011-08-25T08:26:05.688-07:002011-08-25T08:26:05.688-07:00This is so sad. What I find so fascinating about ...This is so sad. What I find so fascinating about Mr. Flanagan is that he was a Harvard graduate, but still played the game he loved.<br /> <br />There aren't many college grads in the league these days. He was very refreshing.<br /> <br />He will be missed.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8206567826092727992011-08-25T05:35:27.286-07:002011-08-25T05:35:27.286-07:00A-men, RIP.A-men, RIP.Barney Rexnoreply@blogger.com