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Thomas Boswell, Washington Post
Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:16am

Mike Flanagan brought unique perspective to the top of the mound

Mike Flanagan was the best student of people, the toughest pitch-hurt competitor, the most unselfish teammate and the best world-leery wit of any Oriole of his time. Nobody was like him — at all. A few years ago, the O’s honored Earl Weaver with a plaque that’s on the wall, waist-high, in their dugout.

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