Mike Flanagan will replace Jim Beattie as the Baltimore Orioles' executive vice president for baseball operations, a move that puts the former Cy Young award winner in charge of ending the team's run of eight straight losing seasons. The announcement was made Tuesday, one day after Orioles owner Peter Angelos dismissed Beattie as the team's executive vice president. Beattie has been offered a position to remain with the organization as a consultant. Flanagan's promotion likely means that interim manager Sam Perlozzo will get a chance to manage the team in 2006, according to The Baltimore Sun.