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April 27, 2010

Cla & Simon the next Flanny & Mac?

A little Orioles history for you scoring at home. Or those of you who just watched the game.

Not only did Alfredo Simon come into Tuesday night’s 5-4 win over the Yankees and pick up his first career save, but he also made a little history, too.

With an assist from Cla Meredith.

Meredith picked up the save in Sunday’s win at Boston. It was Meredith’s first save of his career, one that included 271 previous appearances, the longest current streak for an active reliever without a save.

Simon got his in his seventh big league game.

But the last time two Orioles have picked up their first career saves in consecutive games was May 7-8, 1977.

The two that did it?

Mike Flanagan and Scott McGregor.

Not optimistic Meredith and Simon will duplicate Flanny’s and Mac’s spots in Orioles lore, but, hey, you have to start somewhere.

Posted by Dan Connolly at 11:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Comments

Nice historical work on Flanny & Mac.

I have a feeling Simon can be the man this year and beyond.

Some thoughts on the big right-hander Simon: http://fantasysportstherapy.blogspot.com/2010/04/closer-emerges-in-baltimore.html

Posted by: Arthur Ohm | April 28, 2010 12:14 AM

Does that mean Cla will hang around forever after his career is over! Is he going to be our pitching coach, general manager, and whenever they can't find a job for him an analyst on tv that will bore fans to sleep every night like Flanagan does?

Posted by: Mike | April 28, 2010 12:51 PM

Let's not trash Mike Flanagan, he is an all-round great human being, and deserves nothing but the best!....I am 20 years old and became a huge fan of Flanny when he was the GM, and just wish that he had more of an opportunity to take this club to the promise land, which he would have done. Let's not all forget that Mike was listed as one of the top baseball executives in pro sports by sports illustrated a few years ago.

The person that puts me to sleep, is Fred Manfra and Jimmy Hunter.....Get rid of them. Flanny and Joe angel are the best, so let's not point fingers and start trashing Mike.

Sincerely,

Flanny's #1 Fan.

Posted by: Steve | April 28, 2010 2:45 PM

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A Baltimore native, Dan Connolly has been covering sports for 14 years, and baseball and the Orioles for 10 seasons, including the past six with The Sun. His first year covering baseball on a daily basis was Cal Ripken Jr.'s final season as a player. It's believed that is just a coincidence.

Steve Gould is an assistant sports editor for The Sun, overseeing Orioles coverage. The Columbia native joined The Sun as a sports copy editor in 2006 after graduating from the University of Maryland.

Peter Schmuck has been covering baseball for a lot longer than Steve Gould has been on this earth. He is now a general sports columnist, but has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Orioles) and also spent a decade as the Sun's national baseball writer. If you want more of his insight on the Orioles and other sports issues, check out his personal blog -- The Schmuck Stops Here.