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Lending some perspective to Orioles and Ravens weekend and conflict in Israel

Baltimore Positive

While our city’s sports teams failed to bask in the afterglow of the amazing power to bring local folks together, our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection lends the perspective to having been to Camden Yards, Pittsburgh and Jerusalem. The Orioles losses and the Ravens giveaway in Pittsburgh took a backseat to unthinkable violence and war halfway around the world.

Comedian Lewis Black on going orange and black and never looking back

Baltimore Positive

When his usual comedic rants were softened by the Orioles fandom in his heart on the internet, we needed to reach to our favorite comedian Lewis Black to investigate his baseball soul from the D.C. suburbs to a life making jokes about Peter Angelos and Daniel Snyder. The man has suffered with Baltimore baseball and Washington football. Let him come clean on why Camden Yards in October is what heaven will feel like…

This Orioles team has performed the worst when the bright lights and crowds have appeared

Baltimore Positive

The bigger and louder the crowd, the worse this mostly young Orioles team seems to perform. That has to change in Texas. Luke Jones and Nestor head off to World Series-thirsty Arlington, Texas for Game 3 of the American League Division Series while the Ravens land in London licking their purple wounds from an awful loss in Pittsburgh.https://youtu.be/fHs92DT7yEo

First, the Orioles must survive Game 3 in Texas

Baltimore Positive

With their backs against the wall and needing to win three in a row, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles hopes for a Game 3 victory in Arlington in the most hostile environment many of their youngest players have ever seen. Is there any hope to save the 2023 season?

A troubling meltdown and plenty of questions in Pittsburgh

Baltimore Positive

With the game on the line, the Baltimore Ravens didn’t get it done against the lackluster Steelers, who were gifted a AFC North victory at The Confluence on Sunday. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the lost opportunity and the mounting “communication” problems in a disturbing loss to their arch rival in Pittsburgh and headed for the silence of London.

Join us at Hollywood Casino Perryville on Sunday for Ravens brunch party and picks

Baltimore Positive

After going 8-5-1 last week, Nestor Aparicio is now up to 43-32-3 on the season and is feeling bullish about the Week 6 big purple party at Hollywood Casino in Perryville. Sportsbook manager Christian Horton tells him what to expect when he crosses the bridge for breakfast in Cecil County and makes some bold picks for a full day of Sunday fun. We’ll be there with fun, prizes and giveaways starting at 8 a.m. Come watch the game from Tottenham with us!

Ravens escape to London for Sunday breakfast from Tottenham

Baltimore Positive

Luke Jones and Nestor get you ready for the ending of what has a been a strange week in Baltimore sports. The Orioles demise and the Ravens meltdown in Pittsburgh has set the stage for a return to jolly old England, where it didn’t go so well the last time.

Luke Jones gets you ready for breakfast at Tottenham with Ravens and Titans

Baltimore Positive

As the Baltimore Ravens return to London for the first time since the disaster in 2017, our Luke Jones joins Dennis Koulatsos for a lengthy pre-game report on the matchup with the Tennessee Titans. Please join us at Hollywood Casino in Perryville for the 9:30 a.m. kickoff and watch party with games, prizes and a breakfast buffet.

How high can the dough go? It’s a lotta, lotta money

Baltimore Positive

The Powerball jackpot continues to climb and Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin tells Nestor about all of the other fun ways to win as Fall brings back some Hall-O-Win fun in Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 games.

October is a time for the Orioles brand to grow

Baltimore Positive

Sports business professor Marty Conway and Nestor discuss upcoming orange tide in Baltimore and Orioles chance for big growth of the brand of the Bird. As the Ravens go on the road for most of the month, it’s the first time in a long time that the boys of summer will own the days and nights of Fall.

Let Rick Dempsey tell you how the Orioles can win the whole thing

Baltimore Positive

As busy as ever opening a new Baseball Warehouse in Columbia, the Orioles 1983 World Series MVP joined Nestor for a chat about the love of Baltimore baseball, the fun of fantasy camp in Florida and another championship parade for our long-suffering Birdwatchers.

Trying to figure out this crazy league

Baltimore Positive

Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino Perryville joins Nestor to make sense of Week 5 picks and point spreads after both went 8-8 in Week 4. On the season, Aparicio is 35-28-2 against the spread.

Getting you ready for ALDS matchup with the Texas Rangers

Baltimore Positive

The Orioles will host Games 1 and 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards this weekend and Luke and Nestor get you ready for an exciting postseason tournament where the Birds are the No. 1 seed by virtue of 101 wins in the regular season. Are the Orioles ready to take October?

Pitching, pitching! It’s all about the pitching!

Baltimore Positive

As the Baltimore Orioles prepare to take to the postseason for the first time since 2016, Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for an ALDS battle with the Texas Rangers and all arms on deck for Orioles pitching staff.

Are the Ravens ever going to throw the ball more?

Baltimore Positive

In an easy victory over the Cleveland Browns, Lamar Jackson was a very efficient 15-of-19 throwing the football but Luke Jones and Nestor wonder if Todd Monken feels like he really needs to do more in the passing game. So far, so good.

All of that commotion down at the stadium is a good thing

Baltimore Positive

Whether it’s Orioles playoffs, Pittsburgh week or a parking lot before Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks, it’s a week to remember in Baltimore. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss tickets, times, games and The Piano Man and Orioles playoff baseball downtown this week.

Ravens had no problem embarrassing Browns on Sunday

Baltimore Positive

When DeShaun Watson showed up at the stadium as a pre-game scratch in Cleveland, most Browns fans knew it was going to be a long day. Luke Jones and Nestor recap another Ravens road win over the hapless Browns and backup QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was overwhelmed by the purple defense.

Back when Adam Lambert rocked Baltimore before Queen

Baltimore Positive

In the summer of 2009 when the “American Idol” craze took over our country, the touring troop came through Baltimore to play the Arena. Nestor Aparicio sat down with most of that season’s crew before the local show but it turns out that Adam Lambert would be the biggest star of them all and now returns to the Charm City as the longtime lead singer of Queen.

Beyond the power of the flower

Baltimore Positive

In our continuing education series with Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness, we discuss the laboratory and science of cannabis education beyond flower and new ways to take advantage of the benefits of the plant.

Ain’t the beer cold in Baltimore!

Baltimore Positive

His brilliant art appears all over Baltimore because sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano has been drawing ’em up since Bob Irsay took the Colts to Indianapolis. Now, after decades of drawing losing images of Orioles baseball, Ricig joins Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to talk about his 40 years of cartoon Birds fandom and playoff fever in Baltimore.

The wounded offense of the Ravens and most important part of the schedule

Baltimore Positive

With Cleveland, Pittsburgh and a trip to London to play the Titans on the travel itinerary, it’s important for the Ravens to get healthy. Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor review the coaching decisions and play of Lamar Jackson as the 1-2 Ravens see the upstart Browns, who have a quarterback health issue as well with DeShaun Watson.

Almost a billions reasons to play and Mega-ply

Baltimore Positive

After another million dollar winner this week, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery educates us on the Megaplier and ways our state wins if you hit the big Mega Millions jackpots that is about to reach a billion dollars this weekend.

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Injuries remain lead story as Ravens head to Cleveland

Baltimore Positive

With all of that excitement around Orioles baseball this week, the Ravens have managed to quietly prepare for another division opponent on the road. Will DeShaun Watson suit up? Will the Ravens get the offense clicking without more key members? Nestor Aparicio gets Dennis Koulatsos ready for three weeks of injured Ravens road football starting with the Browns on Sunday.

Now what happens to Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks next Saturday?

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin and Nestor wonder what happens to Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks next Saturday night now that the Orioles will be playing Game 1 of the American League Division Series on October 7th? And of course lament the lost opportunity for Ravens against dreaded Colts in a giveaway game.

Lending some perspective to Orioles and Ravens weekend and conflict in Israel

Baltimore Positive

While our city’s sports teams failed to bask in the afterglow of the amazing power to bring local folks together, our Chief Digital Officer Mike Rosenfeld of Web Connection lends the perspective to having been to Camden Yards, Pittsburgh and Jerusalem. The Orioles losses and the Ravens giveaway in Pittsburgh took a backseat to unthinkable violence and war halfway around the world.

Comedian Lewis Black on going orange and black and never looking back

Baltimore Positive

When his usual comedic rants were softened by the Orioles fandom in his heart on the internet, we needed to reach to our favorite comedian Lewis Black to investigate his baseball soul from the D.C. suburbs to a life making jokes about Peter Angelos and Daniel Snyder. The man has suffered with Baltimore baseball and Washington football. Let him come clean on why Camden Yards in October is what heaven will feel like…

This Orioles team has performed the worst when the bright lights and crowds have appeared

Baltimore Positive

The bigger and louder the crowd, the worse this mostly young Orioles team seems to perform. That has to change in Texas. Luke Jones and Nestor head off to World Series-thirsty Arlington, Texas for Game 3 of the American League Division Series while the Ravens land in London licking their purple wounds from an awful loss in Pittsburgh.https://youtu.be/fHs92DT7yEo

First, the Orioles must survive Game 3 in Texas

Baltimore Positive

With their backs against the wall and needing to win three in a row, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles hopes for a Game 3 victory in Arlington in the most hostile environment many of their youngest players have ever seen. Is there any hope to save the 2023 season?

A troubling meltdown and plenty of questions in Pittsburgh

Baltimore Positive

With the game on the line, the Baltimore Ravens didn’t get it done against the lackluster Steelers, who were gifted a AFC North victory at The Confluence on Sunday. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the lost opportunity and the mounting “communication” problems in a disturbing loss to their arch rival in Pittsburgh and headed for the silence of London.

Join us at Hollywood Casino Perryville on Sunday for Ravens brunch party and picks

Baltimore Positive

After going 8-5-1 last week, Nestor Aparicio is now up to 43-32-3 on the season and is feeling bullish about the Week 6 big purple party at Hollywood Casino in Perryville. Sportsbook manager Christian Horton tells him what to expect when he crosses the bridge for breakfast in Cecil County and makes some bold picks for a full day of Sunday fun. We’ll be there with fun, prizes and giveaways starting at 8 a.m. Come watch the game from Tottenham with us!

Ravens escape to London for Sunday breakfast from Tottenham

Baltimore Positive

Luke Jones and Nestor get you ready for the ending of what has a been a strange week in Baltimore sports. The Orioles demise and the Ravens meltdown in Pittsburgh has set the stage for a return to jolly old England, where it didn’t go so well the last time.

Luke Jones gets you ready for breakfast at Tottenham with Ravens and Titans

Baltimore Positive

As the Baltimore Ravens return to London for the first time since the disaster in 2017, our Luke Jones joins Dennis Koulatsos for a lengthy pre-game report on the matchup with the Tennessee Titans. Please join us at Hollywood Casino in Perryville for the 9:30 a.m. kickoff and watch party with games, prizes and a breakfast buffet.

How high can the dough go? It’s a lotta, lotta money

Baltimore Positive

The Powerball jackpot continues to climb and Maryland Lottery Executive Director John Martin tells Nestor about all of the other fun ways to win as Fall brings back some Hall-O-Win fun in Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 games.

October is a time for the Orioles brand to grow

Baltimore Positive

Sports business professor Marty Conway and Nestor discuss upcoming orange tide in Baltimore and Orioles chance for big growth of the brand of the Bird. As the Ravens go on the road for most of the month, it’s the first time in a long time that the boys of summer will own the days and nights of Fall.

Let Rick Dempsey tell you how the Orioles can win the whole thing

Baltimore Positive

As busy as ever opening a new Baseball Warehouse in Columbia, the Orioles 1983 World Series MVP joined Nestor for a chat about the love of Baltimore baseball, the fun of fantasy camp in Florida and another championship parade for our long-suffering Birdwatchers.

Trying to figure out this crazy league

Baltimore Positive

Christian Horton of Hollywood Casino Perryville joins Nestor to make sense of Week 5 picks and point spreads after both went 8-8 in Week 4. On the season, Aparicio is 35-28-2 against the spread.

Getting you ready for ALDS matchup with the Texas Rangers

Baltimore Positive

The Orioles will host Games 1 and 2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards this weekend and Luke and Nestor get you ready for an exciting postseason tournament where the Birds are the No. 1 seed by virtue of 101 wins in the regular season. Are the Orioles ready to take October?

Pitching, pitching! It’s all about the pitching!

Baltimore Positive

As the Baltimore Orioles prepare to take to the postseason for the first time since 2016, Luke Jones and Nestor prepare for an ALDS battle with the Texas Rangers and all arms on deck for Orioles pitching staff.

Are the Ravens ever going to throw the ball more?

Baltimore Positive

In an easy victory over the Cleveland Browns, Lamar Jackson was a very efficient 15-of-19 throwing the football but Luke Jones and Nestor wonder if Todd Monken feels like he really needs to do more in the passing game. So far, so good.

All of that commotion down at the stadium is a good thing

Baltimore Positive

Whether it’s Orioles playoffs, Pittsburgh week or a parking lot before Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks, it’s a week to remember in Baltimore. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss tickets, times, games and The Piano Man and Orioles playoff baseball downtown this week.

Ravens had no problem embarrassing Browns on Sunday

Baltimore Positive

When DeShaun Watson showed up at the stadium as a pre-game scratch in Cleveland, most Browns fans knew it was going to be a long day. Luke Jones and Nestor recap another Ravens road win over the hapless Browns and backup QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was overwhelmed by the purple defense.

Back when Adam Lambert rocked Baltimore before Queen

Baltimore Positive

In the summer of 2009 when the “American Idol” craze took over our country, the touring troop came through Baltimore to play the Arena. Nestor Aparicio sat down with most of that season’s crew before the local show but it turns out that Adam Lambert would be the biggest star of them all and now returns to the Charm City as the longtime lead singer of Queen.

Beyond the power of the flower

Baltimore Positive

In our continuing education series with Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness, we discuss the laboratory and science of cannabis education beyond flower and new ways to take advantage of the benefits of the plant.

Ain’t the beer cold in Baltimore!

Baltimore Positive

His brilliant art appears all over Baltimore because sports cartoonist Mike Ricigliano has been drawing ’em up since Bob Irsay took the Colts to Indianapolis. Now, after decades of drawing losing images of Orioles baseball, Ricig joins Nestor at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to talk about his 40 years of cartoon Birds fandom and playoff fever in Baltimore.

The wounded offense of the Ravens and most important part of the schedule

Baltimore Positive

With Cleveland, Pittsburgh and a trip to London to play the Titans on the travel itinerary, it’s important for the Ravens to get healthy. Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor review the coaching decisions and play of Lamar Jackson as the 1-2 Ravens see the upstart Browns, who have a quarterback health issue as well with DeShaun Watson.

Almost a billions reasons to play and Mega-ply

Baltimore Positive

After another million dollar winner this week, John Martin of The Maryland Lottery educates us on the Megaplier and ways our state wins if you hit the big Mega Millions jackpots that is about to reach a billion dollars this weekend.

Screen Shot 2022 10 20 at 8.12.41 AM

Injuries remain lead story as Ravens head to Cleveland

Baltimore Positive

With all of that excitement around Orioles baseball this week, the Ravens have managed to quietly prepare for another division opponent on the road. Will DeShaun Watson suit up? Will the Ravens get the offense clicking without more key members? Nestor Aparicio gets Dennis Koulatsos ready for three weeks of injured Ravens road football starting with the Browns on Sunday.

Now what happens to Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks next Saturday?

Baltimore Positive

Leonard Raskin and Nestor wonder what happens to Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks next Saturday night now that the Orioles will be playing Game 1 of the American League Division Series on October 7th? And of course lament the lost opportunity for Ravens against dreaded Colts in a giveaway game.

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Baltimore Positive

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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