Every winner has a story
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery and Nestor discuss new summer scratch-offs and playing to win during the big 50th Anniversary celebration.
Baltimore Positive
Putting and playing golf for Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin and Nestor go golfing for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital with Mike Bordick at Hayfields on a beautiful spring day in Hunt Valley.
How good can the Ravens be in 2023?
Baltimore Positive
Now that general manager Eric DeCosta has had a very full offseason with The Lamarathon, OBJ and the NFL draft, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor give a full assessment of the Ravens summer hopes for Super Bowl appearance in Las Vegas next February.
Orioles grab early lead, hold on for 3-2 win over Kansas City
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore has won back-to-back games for the first time since May 24-25.
Will the new Ravens passing attack catch on?
Baltimore Positive
There are plenty of toys in the new passing attack of Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore but how will Todd Monken utilize the skills of J.K. Dobbins and Mark Andrews and still find room to get the ball to first-round draft pick Zay Flowers, holdover Rashod Bateman and newly acquired free agent Odell Beckham, Jr. An embarrassment of riches but still one football.
Wrestling with the loss of childhood heroes in the squared circle
Baltimore Positive
With the death of The Iron Sheik and “Superstar” Billy Graham recently, Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos discuss their childhood family obsessions with Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant and the larger-than-life figures of professional wrestling coming to the Baltimore Civic Center every month and every Saturday at 4 p.m. on Channel 45.
What happened in Kansas City after the Royals ruled the World Series?
Baltimore Positive
Royals legend Jeff Montgomery tells Nestor about the ways the ownership of the Kansas City Royals tried to keep a competitive team on the field after a pair of World Series visits. The aftermath of winning isn’t easy on payroll or the fanbase if the success isn’t sustainable.
How will Todd Monken make all of these stars happy with one football?
Baltimore Positive
With Lamar Jackson in Owings Mills and the team working for one more week before a summer break, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive on the new offense of Todd Monken and how the Ravens plan to distribute the football in the fall.
Where will Orioles find pitching help?
Baltimore Positive
What are the real option of Mike Elias as the bullpen continues to carry the extra weight of short starts and tight games? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles roadtrip and the pitching depth problems and remedies.
When the Orioles move above the fold for the summer
Baltimore Positive
With the Ravens taking the summer off and the Orioles surging in the standings, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss life in Baltimore – almost the way it used to be for local sports fans.
Why having Orioles fans downtown matters for Baltimore
Baltimore Positive
Nestor Aparicio expresses the joy he feels in seeing people coming back downtown for baseball with Dennis Koulatsos. After all, that’s what Free The Birds was all about 17 summers ago.
Fixing baseball and the team just in time for the Orioles to sign a lease
Baltimore Positive
As our expert on the MASN wars for more than a decade, Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports joins Nestor for a deep dive discussion on MLB media problems, the Orioles torrid start and how we watch the games now and in the future.
The new rules of engagement if you’re picking up baseball again
Baltimore Positive
Now that the Baltimore Orioles are “cool” again, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the (new) rules and engagement of baseball as pennant fever comes to the Charm City for the first time in a long time.
Ravens’ Hamilton feeling more and more comfortable moving to starting safety spot
Baltimore Positive
After manning the nickel spot as a rookie, the 2022 first-round pick is transitioning into a full-time role.
Harbaugh takes Dobbins’ tweets about uncertain Ravens future in stride
Baltimore Positive
“We want him back, but who knows the future?”
With future uncertain, Ravens linebacker Queen “just focused on right now”
Baltimore Positive
Former first-round pick Patrick Queen is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2023 campaign.
After stress and uncertainty, Andrews relieved to have Lamar Jackson staying with Ravens “for good”
Baltimore Positive
Mark Andrews said he personally “never had a doubt” about Jackson’s future, but he was happy to see the deal become official.
How will Orioles manage headwinds as summer pennant race heats up in AL East?
Baltimore Positive
Cedric Mullins is hurt. Starting pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez has been an early fail for the starting rotation. John Means return has been delayed. And the Orioles bats have been colder and arms have been taxed. Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the normal headwinds of a long MLB season in a real pennant race.
An Orioles lifer wins the Home Run Riches cash on a Mountcastle bomb
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery discusses his joy in watching the Home Run Riches contest play in conjunction with some legitimate Orioles Magic in May at Camden Yards as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration.
The big empty in Oakland and what Vegas baseball means
Baltimore Positive
Longtime baseball writer Barry Bloom discusses the pending disaster with the Oakland Athletics’ hasty departure to Las Vegas, the MLB rule changes unintended consequences and the Orioles great start amidst the financial realities of the AL East.
City Connect or Nike and Angelos “fail”?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor debate City Connect Baltimore Orioles jerseys and prep for Ravens OTAs in Owings Mills
The pitching is becoming a problem for Orioles and Elias knows it
Baltimore Positive
As the Orioles pick up the pieces from bad news on Grayson Rodriguez and the return of John Means, our Camden Yards insider Luke Jones examines the obvious pitching deficiencies and how Mike Elias might plan to keep the team headed in the right direction this summer. Especially the bullpen.
Orioles bullpen battered in 12-8 loss to Cleveland to wrap homestand
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore pitching had no answers for a Guardians offense that had been awful prior to coming to Camden Yards.
Hicks excited to bring veteran presence, contribute to contending Orioles
Baltimore Positive
Aaron Hicks was starting in center field and batting sixth in the series finale against Cleveland.
Replacing Mullins will be a community task for Orioles
Baltimore Positive
With the catalyst to the Orioles offense gone for at least a few weeks, Luke Jones and Nestor address the loss of Cedric Mullins to Orioles mojo and how Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde will search for other answers in June as the center fielder nurses an ailing right groin.
Orioles jump out to big lead, hold on for 8-5 win over Cleveland
Baltimore Positive
Anthony Santander and Gunnar Henderson each drove in three runs for Baltimore, who is now 35-20.
Elias on Orioles demoting Rodriguez: “I’m hoping he’s in our rotation playing in October”
Baltimore Positive
The Orioles GM expressed much confidence in the 23-year-old getting back on track at Triple-A Norfolk.
Orioles bats continue struggles in 5-0 Memorial Day loss to Cleveland
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore has lost three of four and scored just 11 runs over its last 46 innings at the plate.
Pouring his heart into the Orioles – and every beer!
Baltimore Positive
Legendary Fancy Clancy Haskett tells Nestor about every beer he’s poured since 1974 at Orioles games
Coming home to find the new look of the Orioles
Baltimore Positive
Sports media executive David Katz comes home to Baltimore to find a different Orioles team and Ravens stability
An appreciation for how far the Orioles have come
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Dennis Koulatsos compare Orioles and Ravens notes as both surge in interest and the summer takes on a different feel for sports in Baltimore.
When a city starts talking and thinking baseball again
Baltimore Positive
Mike Rosenfeld joins Nestor to discuss the power of local networking and Orioles baseball. And the old-fashioned stuff like when strangers met at a game and became friends.
How will the Orioles handle all of this prosperity?
Baltimore Positive
Now that folks are coming back to Camden Yards and downtown is more active, Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos share notes on the heartbeat of Baltimore and how it percolates better when the Orioles are winning, full of hope and (hopefully) bringing 30,000 people back to the city.
Fifty years of nostalgia and giving away big bucks
Baltimore Positive
Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery talks 50 years of nostalgia and a summer full of events and giveaways.
Feeling The Local love in Fallston
Baltimore Positive
Lou Petrucci takes Nestor on a tour of the award-winning The Local in Fallston and gets a crab cake at the hands of the Restaurant Association of Maryland “Chef Of The Year” in Harford County.
From the sports truths of Deadspin to the pulp and fiction of Athens
Baltimore Positive
Prolific author and recovering sportswriter Will Leitch tells Nestor about his new book “The Time Has Come” and talks sports like a grown up even though he knows the truth behind the fiction.
Getting students in the gym this summer at Planet Fitness
Baltimore Positive
Now through August 31st, teens between the ages of 14-19 can work out for free all summer long and PF is giving away $200,000 to high schools and students! Let Josh Gerber of Planet Fitness tell you about a summer of unlimited opportunity for young folks to work out and make it the best summer ever.
Late Hays single helps Orioles avoid sweep in 3-2 win over Texas
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore enters Memorial Day with an impressive 34-19 record.
Ever lose a bet about an NFL franchise coming to Baltimore?
Baltimore Positive
Business travel pro Jay Ellenby catches up with Nestor 30 years after running his first Orioles roadtrip to Fort Lauderdale and tells all he remembers about the Nasty Naked Run passing Safe Harbors Travel on South Street downtown in 1996. The stories that we tell on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Getting past the bare minimum and hitting the “other” bar with barre
Baltimore Positive
Staying in line and learning basic of barre with former Ravens Pro Bowl cheerleader Angel Windsor at The Local in Fallston on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery and Window Nation
Every winner has a story
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery and Nestor discuss new summer scratch-offs and playing to win during the big 50th Anniversary celebration.
Putting and playing golf for Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin and Nestor go golfing for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital with Mike Bordick at Hayfields on a beautiful spring day in Hunt Valley.
How good can the Ravens be in 2023?
Baltimore Positive
Now that general manager Eric DeCosta has had a very full offseason with The Lamarathon, OBJ and the NFL draft, Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor give a full assessment of the Ravens summer hopes for Super Bowl appearance in Las Vegas next February.
Orioles grab early lead, hold on for 3-2 win over Kansas City
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore has won back-to-back games for the first time since May 24-25.
Will the new Ravens passing attack catch on?
Baltimore Positive
There are plenty of toys in the new passing attack of Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore but how will Todd Monken utilize the skills of J.K. Dobbins and Mark Andrews and still find room to get the ball to first-round draft pick Zay Flowers, holdover Rashod Bateman and newly acquired free agent Odell Beckham, Jr. An embarrassment of riches but still one football.
Wrestling with the loss of childhood heroes in the squared circle
Baltimore Positive
With the death of The Iron Sheik and “Superstar” Billy Graham recently, Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos discuss their childhood family obsessions with Bruno Sammartino, Andre The Giant and the larger-than-life figures of professional wrestling coming to the Baltimore Civic Center every month and every Saturday at 4 p.m. on Channel 45.
What happened in Kansas City after the Royals ruled the World Series?
Baltimore Positive
Royals legend Jeff Montgomery tells Nestor about the ways the ownership of the Kansas City Royals tried to keep a competitive team on the field after a pair of World Series visits. The aftermath of winning isn’t easy on payroll or the fanbase if the success isn’t sustainable.
How will Todd Monken make all of these stars happy with one football?
Baltimore Positive
With Lamar Jackson in Owings Mills and the team working for one more week before a summer break, Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive on the new offense of Todd Monken and how the Ravens plan to distribute the football in the fall.
Where will Orioles find pitching help?
Baltimore Positive
What are the real option of Mike Elias as the bullpen continues to carry the extra weight of short starts and tight games? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles roadtrip and the pitching depth problems and remedies.
When the Orioles move above the fold for the summer
Baltimore Positive
With the Ravens taking the summer off and the Orioles surging in the standings, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss life in Baltimore – almost the way it used to be for local sports fans.
Why having Orioles fans downtown matters for Baltimore
Baltimore Positive
Nestor Aparicio expresses the joy he feels in seeing people coming back downtown for baseball with Dennis Koulatsos. After all, that’s what Free The Birds was all about 17 summers ago.
Fixing baseball and the team just in time for the Orioles to sign a lease
Baltimore Positive
As our expert on the MASN wars for more than a decade, Eric Fisher of Front Office Sports joins Nestor for a deep dive discussion on MLB media problems, the Orioles torrid start and how we watch the games now and in the future.
The new rules of engagement if you’re picking up baseball again
Baltimore Positive
Now that the Baltimore Orioles are “cool” again, Bill Cole and Nestor discuss the (new) rules and engagement of baseball as pennant fever comes to the Charm City for the first time in a long time.
Ravens’ Hamilton feeling more and more comfortable moving to starting safety spot
Baltimore Positive
After manning the nickel spot as a rookie, the 2022 first-round pick is transitioning into a full-time role.
Harbaugh takes Dobbins’ tweets about uncertain Ravens future in stride
Baltimore Positive
“We want him back, but who knows the future?”
With future uncertain, Ravens linebacker Queen “just focused on right now”
Baltimore Positive
Former first-round pick Patrick Queen is scheduled to become a free agent after the 2023 campaign.
After stress and uncertainty, Andrews relieved to have Lamar Jackson staying with Ravens “for good”
Baltimore Positive
Mark Andrews said he personally “never had a doubt” about Jackson’s future, but he was happy to see the deal become official.
How will Orioles manage headwinds as summer pennant race heats up in AL East?
Baltimore Positive
Cedric Mullins is hurt. Starting pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez has been an early fail for the starting rotation. John Means return has been delayed. And the Orioles bats have been colder and arms have been taxed. Dennis Koulatsos and Nestor discuss the normal headwinds of a long MLB season in a real pennant race.
An Orioles lifer wins the Home Run Riches cash on a Mountcastle bomb
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of The Maryland Lottery discusses his joy in watching the Home Run Riches contest play in conjunction with some legitimate Orioles Magic in May at Camden Yards as part of the 50th Anniversary celebration.
The big empty in Oakland and what Vegas baseball means
Baltimore Positive
Longtime baseball writer Barry Bloom discusses the pending disaster with the Oakland Athletics’ hasty departure to Las Vegas, the MLB rule changes unintended consequences and the Orioles great start amidst the financial realities of the AL East.
City Connect or Nike and Angelos “fail”?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor debate City Connect Baltimore Orioles jerseys and prep for Ravens OTAs in Owings Mills
The pitching is becoming a problem for Orioles and Elias knows it
Baltimore Positive
As the Orioles pick up the pieces from bad news on Grayson Rodriguez and the return of John Means, our Camden Yards insider Luke Jones examines the obvious pitching deficiencies and how Mike Elias might plan to keep the team headed in the right direction this summer. Especially the bullpen.
Orioles bullpen battered in 12-8 loss to Cleveland to wrap homestand
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore pitching had no answers for a Guardians offense that had been awful prior to coming to Camden Yards.
Hicks excited to bring veteran presence, contribute to contending Orioles
Baltimore Positive
Aaron Hicks was starting in center field and batting sixth in the series finale against Cleveland.
Replacing Mullins will be a community task for Orioles
Baltimore Positive
With the catalyst to the Orioles offense gone for at least a few weeks, Luke Jones and Nestor address the loss of Cedric Mullins to Orioles mojo and how Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde will search for other answers in June as the center fielder nurses an ailing right groin.
Orioles jump out to big lead, hold on for 8-5 win over Cleveland
Baltimore Positive
Anthony Santander and Gunnar Henderson each drove in three runs for Baltimore, who is now 35-20.
Elias on Orioles demoting Rodriguez: “I’m hoping he’s in our rotation playing in October”
Baltimore Positive
The Orioles GM expressed much confidence in the 23-year-old getting back on track at Triple-A Norfolk.
Orioles bats continue struggles in 5-0 Memorial Day loss to Cleveland
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore has lost three of four and scored just 11 runs over its last 46 innings at the plate.
Pouring his heart into the Orioles – and every beer!
Baltimore Positive
Legendary Fancy Clancy Haskett tells Nestor about every beer he’s poured since 1974 at Orioles games
Coming home to find the new look of the Orioles
Baltimore Positive
Sports media executive David Katz comes home to Baltimore to find a different Orioles team and Ravens stability
An appreciation for how far the Orioles have come
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Dennis Koulatsos compare Orioles and Ravens notes as both surge in interest and the summer takes on a different feel for sports in Baltimore.
When a city starts talking and thinking baseball again
Baltimore Positive
Mike Rosenfeld joins Nestor to discuss the power of local networking and Orioles baseball. And the old-fashioned stuff like when strangers met at a game and became friends.
How will the Orioles handle all of this prosperity?
Baltimore Positive
Now that folks are coming back to Camden Yards and downtown is more active, Nestor Aparicio and Dennis Koulatsos share notes on the heartbeat of Baltimore and how it percolates better when the Orioles are winning, full of hope and (hopefully) bringing 30,000 people back to the city.
Fifty years of nostalgia and giving away big bucks
Baltimore Positive
Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery talks 50 years of nostalgia and a summer full of events and giveaways.
Feeling The Local love in Fallston
Baltimore Positive
Lou Petrucci takes Nestor on a tour of the award-winning The Local in Fallston and gets a crab cake at the hands of the Restaurant Association of Maryland “Chef Of The Year” in Harford County.
From the sports truths of Deadspin to the pulp and fiction of Athens
Baltimore Positive
Prolific author and recovering sportswriter Will Leitch tells Nestor about his new book “The Time Has Come” and talks sports like a grown up even though he knows the truth behind the fiction.
Getting students in the gym this summer at Planet Fitness
Baltimore Positive
Now through August 31st, teens between the ages of 14-19 can work out for free all summer long and PF is giving away $200,000 to high schools and students! Let Josh Gerber of Planet Fitness tell you about a summer of unlimited opportunity for young folks to work out and make it the best summer ever.
Late Hays single helps Orioles avoid sweep in 3-2 win over Texas
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore enters Memorial Day with an impressive 34-19 record.
Ever lose a bet about an NFL franchise coming to Baltimore?
Baltimore Positive
Business travel pro Jay Ellenby catches up with Nestor 30 years after running his first Orioles roadtrip to Fort Lauderdale and tells all he remembers about the Nasty Naked Run passing Safe Harbors Travel on South Street downtown in 1996. The stories that we tell on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Getting past the bare minimum and hitting the “other” bar with barre
Baltimore Positive
Staying in line and learning basic of barre with former Ravens Pro Bowl cheerleader Angel Windsor at The Local in Fallston on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery and Window Nation
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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