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An Easter Sweet 16 of treats that were better than candy in the basket

Nestor Aparicio

Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com

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4. Cleveland Indians at Baltimore Orioles (Oct. 15, 1997)

Mike Mussina did all he could to win this Game 6, allowing just one hit and walking two Indians in eight magnificent innings in at attempt to give the Orioles a chance at a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series. The Birds offense scattered nine hits in seven innings off Tribe starter Charles Nagy but couldn’t score. In the end, the Orioles wasted 15 base runners before Tony Fernandez hit a solo home run off reliever Armando Benitez to beat the Birds, 1-0. The Orioles wouldn’t return to the postseason for 15 long years.