No cause of death was given, but sources told WBAL-TV in Baltimore that Flanagan took his own life. WBAL-TV sports director Gerry Sandusky reports Flanagan was "despondent over what he considered a false perception from a community he loved of his role in the team's prolonged failure."
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-08-24/mike-flanagan-dies-at-59-former-orioles-jays-pitcher-won-cy-young-in-79?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%7C89239#ixzz1W3foUDyP
http://aol.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2011-08-24/mike-flanagan-dies-at-59-former-orioles-jays-pitcher-won-cy-young-in-79?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl4%7Csec1_lnk3%7C89239#ixzz1W3foUDyP
In 1988 or so, I heard someone describe Mike Flanagan as "a true Oriole." I guess this perception was, ultimately, his undoing. He so identified with the Orioles that their constant suckiness (except against the Twins) ruined his own self image.
Wow.
RIP.
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