August 24th is a date that Baltimore Orioles fans will probably not soon forget, as it’s the day that the great Mike Flanagan passed away in 2011. Few fans will soon forget the events of that night; the O’s were getting set to play a game in Minnesota, and just prior to the game reports surfaced of a body being found on Flanagan’s Baltimore County property. That body turned out to be that of Mike Flanagan himself.
That night I vowed to write a tribute in some manner to Flanagan as long as I have this “bully pulpit” at my disposal.