Question: Michael Kendall Flanagan (December 16 1951 August 24 2011) was an American left-handed pitcher front office executive and color commentator. With the exception of four years with the Toronto Blue Jays (19871990) he was with the Baltimore Orioles for his entire career in Major League Baseball (MLB).Flanagan was a starting pitcher for the Orioles from 1975 through 1987. He was named to the American League (AL) All-Star Team once in 1978. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete