Rutschman, Alonzo help Baz earn first win of season as Orioles take down Houston 5-3
Pete Alonso hit his fourth homer of 2026 and Adley Rutschman drove in two runs as Shane Baz tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball.
April 28, 2026
The Astros and Orioles both feel wayward as season gets real
Legendary Houston sportswriter John McClain returns to discuss the Astros last-place dirge and puts focus on his NFL specialty of assessing the draft with Nestor as the Texans continue the never-ending NFL hope left over from Dante Pastorini and the Luv Ya Blue Oilers. The General always delivers some straight Texas wisdom with us.
The heartbeat of Houston and what happened to the Astros?
When the Astros come to Baltimore we always reach to longtime Houston sports voice Matt Thomas of Sportstalk790 to update us on the once-mighty (and trashcan banging) franchise to get us current. And in the land of the Rockets playoff misery and aftermath of the Texans draft to rebuild C.J. Stroud’s offense, the current last-place and unfamiliar misery has settled into the Astros reality this spring for Houston sports fans.
Discussing the vision behind the Visionaries supporting LLS and cancer patients on June 6th at The Pendry
The race is on for The Leukemia and Lymphoma “Visionary Of The Year” and Kati Grasmick and Andy Kobus joined Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the annual event being held at the Pendry on June 6th to support fundraising and awareness for cancer patients locally.
Hitting the orange light on Orioles scuffling season
We haven’t seen much that we’ve liked over the first month of the season but the Boston Red Sox weekend theft of a pair of games at Camden Yards has alarmed Luke Jones, who joins Nestor to discuss the Birds bottoming out against a distressed division rival and staring down the New York Yankees this weekend in The Bronx.
Positive thinking and pitching mental prep with legendary Jamie Moyer
In our never-ending exploration into the past and present of many Baltimore professional sports alums over five decades of covering local teams and players, it’s always the best and most fun when old friends pay a visit and tell us what they’ve learned along the way. Longtime MLB pitcher Jamie Moyer returns to the Charm City roots where his mid-1990s success and career turned and joins Nestor to discuss positive thinking and pitching success over pressure as taught by legendary Harvey Dorfman.
The long Miles from Luskin’s to law to family and serving others
It’s been too long since we shared a crab cake chat with Baltimore lawyer Steve Miles, whose television advertising and advocacy for regular humans four decades ago is well remembered around town. Here at Faidley’s, Nestor and the former assistant state’s attorney “talk about it” in discussing the state of the world and issues, solutions and the law in America amidst Trump’s obvious criminality and protection by Congress.
