A shot in the arm with a patch on the sleeve?
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the Orioles new patch and big local money coming into Team Rubenstein that never came with the Angelos ownership.
Baltimore Positive
Pitching in on an historic season for Orioles starting rotation
Baltimore Positive
With a full rotation of effective, quality starts against Tampa and Atlanta, the Orioles pitching feels better than it did when John Means and Tyler Wells went down for the season. Luke Jones and Nestor marvel at the effectiveness of the rotation and how they’ll need it with the Phillies and Yankees ahead.
What is the real value of mandatory camp for coaches and young players?
Baltimore Positive
With Owings Mills percolating all week with the sounds of football and a last look before summer vacation, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the cadence, value and measurement of these Baltimore Ravens mini-camp practices.
Dads and Pinehurst and U.S. Open magic time again
Baltimore Positive
Our Classic Five Golf pro Ed Miller of Pine Ridge in Timonium tells Nestor about magic of another Father’s Day weekend with dads and sons enjoying the legend and lore of Pinehurst as the best in the world gather for the U.S. Open.
What should a young athlete do with hundreds of millions?
Baltimore Positive
In the weekly chat about sports and money, our financial insider Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss what happens when big money and pro athletes collide – and how to invest in your future.
Beer, cheer, food, friendship at Kooper’s and the world’s greatest gumbo that brings us back
Baltimore Positive
As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Liberty Pure Solutions and Jiffy Lube returned to Kooper’s North, general manager Terry Beck and owner Patrick Russell discuss the legend and growth of Fell’s Point and the joys of being longtime and local with Nestor.
Last chance to impress the coaches before summer camp
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss this week’s Ravens mandatory mini-camp and the chances for young offensive lineman to win jobs in an open and fluid summer competition to protect Lamar Jackson and open holes for Derrick Henry.
Truly, Adley and deeply – an Orioles hitting machine
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss this loaded Baltimore Orioles roster of pure hitters. A deep dive into some numbers and the depth of an offense that hitting on all cylinders this summer.
What to look for in the sky – and downtown and Fell’s Point – during Maryland Fleet Week
Baltimore Positive
Longtime public relations executive Dorothy Fuchs joins Nestor at Kooper’s North on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to share all of the details of the Maryland Fleet Week schedule and activities for downtown Baltimore and Fell’s Point – on the ground and in the air for kids of all ages.
Pitching in for a serious sweep in Tampa
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the starting pitching brilliance of Orioles in Tampa as the Birds sweep their way back to Baltimore and big games against Atlanta and sold-out Philadelphia this weekend.
Getting back to Fell’s Point this weekend for Fleet Week
Baltimore Positive
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour returned to Kooper’s North in Timonium to discuss all of the reasons to get back to the original Kooper’s Tavern in Fell’s Point for this week’s big Fleet Week celebration. Let our old friend Patrick Russell tell you how the folks at Broadway and Thames plan to welcome the ships and flyovers.
Two days of local Arts & Drafts coming to Halethorpe on June 22 and 23
Baltimore Positive
Arkia Wade of the Baltimore County Arts Guild tells Nestor about Arts and Drafts summer music and arts festival coming to Guinness OpenGate Brewery.
Getting Fleet Week ready to sail and fly
Baltimore Positive
Maryland Fleet Week director Chris Rowsom gives Nestor all the facts and history of this semi-annual celebration that returns to Baltimore this weekend with spectacular weather and activities for everyone.
Dropping the puck – but not the ball – on 40 years of fire and ice friendship
Baltimore Positive
They met 40 years ago when Nestor Aparicio was the hockey beat writer for The Evening Sun. Now, one-time Camden Yards reporter Howard Scher runs Duct Doctor locally and joins Nestor to rekindle and recap four decades of Baltimore sports friendship, hockey love and what it all means.
Doubling up on fun and Orioles home runs for riches
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of Maryland Lottery discusses magic of Orioles grand slams and some new summer promotions and chance to double your winnings with Multi-Match.
Can the Orioles pitching hold up like this?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the ever-thinning Orioles pitching depth and relentless schedule and elite competition ahead in June. A big month ahead as the Yankees continue to win every day.
Always in search of the Rays of light in Tampa
Baltimore Positive
Our old pal and longtime USA Today baseball writer turned award-winning fitness author Pete Williams joins Nestor from Tampa to discuss the Rays’ business model and the potential in Baltimore for new Orioles ownership under David Rubenstein.
Figuring out the starting pitching with Means and Wells gone from Orioles plans
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the arm injuries to John Means and Tyler Wells and what it means for the franchise as the Orioles will once again rethink the starting rotation for the rest of the pennant race.
How is Brandon Hyde doing “managing” the Orioles lineup and bullpen?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor assess Brandon Hyde and Orioles’ managerial and management decisions as team rolls to Toronto and Tampa for important AL East matchups.
The patience to give Hays more time
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor welcome Connor Norby, toast a two-homer game by Austin Hays and discuss the Orioles roster management of Mike Elias with injuries stacking up and no rest on the AL East road.
Staying grounded with THCV and knowing why it’s different
Baltimore Positive
With so many different kinds of cannabis products in the marketplace, there’s a lot to learn about what can be helpful and how and why. Our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness gives Nestor some facts about the new lines of the unique THCV products and more great options for summer health and happiness.
When Lamar organizes his option to skip Organized Team Activities in Baltimore
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Lamar Jackson at Ravens’ Organized Team Activities and why it bothers John Harbaugh and the Ravens front office. (You can’t run a legitimate offensive practice without your starting franchise quarterback…)
The City, the Comptroller and how the money flows and goes
Baltimore Positive
On the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from Faidley’s Seafood in Lexington Market, Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry educates Nestor on his role and the power of a diminished position in local government from two generations ago.
Giving the Orioles a free pass on not walking enough
Baltimore Positive
During their Friday at Faidley’s baseball segment before Birds games at Camden Yards on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Luke Jones and Nestor go baseball nerd analytics on why the Orioles aren’t walking much but still winning with a productive offensive attack.
The big splash of new ownership and what must be done
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the amazing-on-the-field current Orioles recapturing a long lost love of Baltimore baseball amongst citizens who haven’t been to Camden Yards lately – but are slowly coming back downtown. What does it mean?
Allen McCallum: The best Orioles team of my lifetime
Baltimore Positive
Now three decades into discusing Baltimore Orioles baseball on the radio together, our venerable original ballpark reporter Allen McCallum joins Nestor to discuss a Birds team with World Series dreams and a stacked roster.
Orioles waste too many chances, blow late lead in 4-3 defeat to Tampa Bay
Baltimore Positive
Despite matching a season high with 15 hits, Baltimore left 13 runners on base in Sunday’s defeat.
Elias announces Orioles pitchers Means, Wells to miss rest of 2024
Baltimore Positive
Mike Elias revealed John Means and Tyler Wells will both undergo elbow surgery in the near future.
Golfing for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss their mutual love of relevant summer baseball and annual putting for the kids at the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital on Monday at Hillendale Country Club in the big golf fundraiser.
Cash Pop, grand slams and Home Run Riches turn spring fun into summer winners
Baltimore Positive
The Executive Director of The Maryland Lottery John Martin has been busy counting all of those Orioles home runs in the Home Run Riches contest where grand slams and new games are on the menu all summer long.
Henderson’s slam, Burnes’ seven strong innings lift Orioles to series win over Boston
Baltimore Positive
Gunnar Henderson hit a grand slam in the second inning to lead Baltimore to a 6-1 win over the Red Sox.
The haze of Mullins and Hays becoming question marks for Orioles future
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the always changing Orioles bullpen depth and the ugly struggles of Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays in an outfield rotation that is youthful and earning performance now in a pennant race.
Rodriguez struggles early, Orioles bats go cold in 8-3 loss to Boston
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore wasted a bases-loaded, no-out chance in the sixth inning and saw its five-game winning streak snapped.
Finding the visionaries for battling leukemia and lymphoma
Baltimore Positive
Cate Paris of Accelerent joins Nestor to discuss her role in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Visionary of The Year fundraiser this weekend in downtown Baltimore.
What’s the skinny on the leaner Lamar?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the noticeable weight loss of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and the importance of a functioning offensive line for the reigning NFL MVP during OTAs in Owings Mills.
Battling to get into the batting order
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the appearance of Kyle Stowers, Orioles bats and outfield depth as offense leads the way in a five-game winning streak.
For starters, it’s the pitching
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the whole of the Orioles pitching situation with Kremer and Means down and Bradish emerging during a week of winning baseball.
The time that Bill Walton talked about San Diego sports, John Wooden and the tall life with Nestor at Super Bowl XXXII
Baltimore Positive
Our weeks spent at The Big Game have afforded us the opportunity to have a wide variety of chats – even last century! Nestor only wishes he had asked a few more Grateful Dead questions for the late, great Bill Walton, who joined him on January 21, 1998 at the San Diego Super Bowl.
Orioles flatten Red Sox in 11-3 final for fifth straight win
Baltimore Positive
Kyle Stowers had three hits and drove in a career-high four runs in the Memorial Day victory.
Sitting and talking Orioles baseball with Singy
Baltimore Positive
After a quarter of a century calling New York Yankees games on Yes! Network, our forever resident outfielder Ken Singleton tells Nestor what he loves about the new world of Orioles baseball and the budding rivalry in the American League East. And why he never left Baltimore after all of these years.
A shot in the arm with a patch on the sleeve?
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the Orioles new patch and big local money coming into Team Rubenstein that never came with the Angelos ownership.
Pitching in on an historic season for Orioles starting rotation
Baltimore Positive
With a full rotation of effective, quality starts against Tampa and Atlanta, the Orioles pitching feels better than it did when John Means and Tyler Wells went down for the season. Luke Jones and Nestor marvel at the effectiveness of the rotation and how they’ll need it with the Phillies and Yankees ahead.
What is the real value of mandatory camp for coaches and young players?
Baltimore Positive
With Owings Mills percolating all week with the sounds of football and a last look before summer vacation, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the cadence, value and measurement of these Baltimore Ravens mini-camp practices.
Dads and Pinehurst and U.S. Open magic time again
Baltimore Positive
Our Classic Five Golf pro Ed Miller of Pine Ridge in Timonium tells Nestor about magic of another Father’s Day weekend with dads and sons enjoying the legend and lore of Pinehurst as the best in the world gather for the U.S. Open.
What should a young athlete do with hundreds of millions?
Baltimore Positive
In the weekly chat about sports and money, our financial insider Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss what happens when big money and pro athletes collide – and how to invest in your future.
Beer, cheer, food, friendship at Kooper’s and the world’s greatest gumbo that brings us back
Baltimore Positive
As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery, Liberty Pure Solutions and Jiffy Lube returned to Kooper’s North, general manager Terry Beck and owner Patrick Russell discuss the legend and growth of Fell’s Point and the joys of being longtime and local with Nestor.
Last chance to impress the coaches before summer camp
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss this week’s Ravens mandatory mini-camp and the chances for young offensive lineman to win jobs in an open and fluid summer competition to protect Lamar Jackson and open holes for Derrick Henry.
Truly, Adley and deeply – an Orioles hitting machine
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss this loaded Baltimore Orioles roster of pure hitters. A deep dive into some numbers and the depth of an offense that hitting on all cylinders this summer.
What to look for in the sky – and downtown and Fell’s Point – during Maryland Fleet Week
Baltimore Positive
Longtime public relations executive Dorothy Fuchs joins Nestor at Kooper’s North on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to share all of the details of the Maryland Fleet Week schedule and activities for downtown Baltimore and Fell’s Point – on the ground and in the air for kids of all ages.
Pitching in for a serious sweep in Tampa
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the starting pitching brilliance of Orioles in Tampa as the Birds sweep their way back to Baltimore and big games against Atlanta and sold-out Philadelphia this weekend.
Getting back to Fell’s Point this weekend for Fleet Week
Baltimore Positive
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour returned to Kooper’s North in Timonium to discuss all of the reasons to get back to the original Kooper’s Tavern in Fell’s Point for this week’s big Fleet Week celebration. Let our old friend Patrick Russell tell you how the folks at Broadway and Thames plan to welcome the ships and flyovers.
Two days of local Arts & Drafts coming to Halethorpe on June 22 and 23
Baltimore Positive
Arkia Wade of the Baltimore County Arts Guild tells Nestor about Arts and Drafts summer music and arts festival coming to Guinness OpenGate Brewery.
Getting Fleet Week ready to sail and fly
Baltimore Positive
Maryland Fleet Week director Chris Rowsom gives Nestor all the facts and history of this semi-annual celebration that returns to Baltimore this weekend with spectacular weather and activities for everyone.
Dropping the puck – but not the ball – on 40 years of fire and ice friendship
Baltimore Positive
They met 40 years ago when Nestor Aparicio was the hockey beat writer for The Evening Sun. Now, one-time Camden Yards reporter Howard Scher runs Duct Doctor locally and joins Nestor to rekindle and recap four decades of Baltimore sports friendship, hockey love and what it all means.
Doubling up on fun and Orioles home runs for riches
Baltimore Positive
John Martin of Maryland Lottery discusses magic of Orioles grand slams and some new summer promotions and chance to double your winnings with Multi-Match.
Can the Orioles pitching hold up like this?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the ever-thinning Orioles pitching depth and relentless schedule and elite competition ahead in June. A big month ahead as the Yankees continue to win every day.
Always in search of the Rays of light in Tampa
Baltimore Positive
Our old pal and longtime USA Today baseball writer turned award-winning fitness author Pete Williams joins Nestor from Tampa to discuss the Rays’ business model and the potential in Baltimore for new Orioles ownership under David Rubenstein.
Figuring out the starting pitching with Means and Wells gone from Orioles plans
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the arm injuries to John Means and Tyler Wells and what it means for the franchise as the Orioles will once again rethink the starting rotation for the rest of the pennant race.
How is Brandon Hyde doing “managing” the Orioles lineup and bullpen?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor assess Brandon Hyde and Orioles’ managerial and management decisions as team rolls to Toronto and Tampa for important AL East matchups.
The patience to give Hays more time
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor welcome Connor Norby, toast a two-homer game by Austin Hays and discuss the Orioles roster management of Mike Elias with injuries stacking up and no rest on the AL East road.
Staying grounded with THCV and knowing why it’s different
Baltimore Positive
With so many different kinds of cannabis products in the marketplace, there’s a lot to learn about what can be helpful and how and why. Our Chief Cannabis Officer Wendy Bronfein of Curio Wellness gives Nestor some facts about the new lines of the unique THCV products and more great options for summer health and happiness.
When Lamar organizes his option to skip Organized Team Activities in Baltimore
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the absence of Lamar Jackson at Ravens’ Organized Team Activities and why it bothers John Harbaugh and the Ravens front office. (You can’t run a legitimate offensive practice without your starting franchise quarterback…)
The City, the Comptroller and how the money flows and goes
Baltimore Positive
On the Maryland Crab Cake Tour from Faidley’s Seafood in Lexington Market, Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry educates Nestor on his role and the power of a diminished position in local government from two generations ago.
Giving the Orioles a free pass on not walking enough
Baltimore Positive
During their Friday at Faidley’s baseball segment before Birds games at Camden Yards on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Luke Jones and Nestor go baseball nerd analytics on why the Orioles aren’t walking much but still winning with a productive offensive attack.
The big splash of new ownership and what must be done
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive into the amazing-on-the-field current Orioles recapturing a long lost love of Baltimore baseball amongst citizens who haven’t been to Camden Yards lately – but are slowly coming back downtown. What does it mean?
Allen McCallum: The best Orioles team of my lifetime
Baltimore Positive
Now three decades into discusing Baltimore Orioles baseball on the radio together, our venerable original ballpark reporter Allen McCallum joins Nestor to discuss a Birds team with World Series dreams and a stacked roster.
Orioles waste too many chances, blow late lead in 4-3 defeat to Tampa Bay
Baltimore Positive
Despite matching a season high with 15 hits, Baltimore left 13 runners on base in Sunday’s defeat.
Elias announces Orioles pitchers Means, Wells to miss rest of 2024
Baltimore Positive
Mike Elias revealed John Means and Tyler Wells will both undergo elbow surgery in the near future.
Golfing for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore Positive
Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss their mutual love of relevant summer baseball and annual putting for the kids at the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital on Monday at Hillendale Country Club in the big golf fundraiser.
Cash Pop, grand slams and Home Run Riches turn spring fun into summer winners
Baltimore Positive
The Executive Director of The Maryland Lottery John Martin has been busy counting all of those Orioles home runs in the Home Run Riches contest where grand slams and new games are on the menu all summer long.
Henderson’s slam, Burnes’ seven strong innings lift Orioles to series win over Boston
Baltimore Positive
Gunnar Henderson hit a grand slam in the second inning to lead Baltimore to a 6-1 win over the Red Sox.
The haze of Mullins and Hays becoming question marks for Orioles future
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the always changing Orioles bullpen depth and the ugly struggles of Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays in an outfield rotation that is youthful and earning performance now in a pennant race.
Rodriguez struggles early, Orioles bats go cold in 8-3 loss to Boston
Baltimore Positive
Baltimore wasted a bases-loaded, no-out chance in the sixth inning and saw its five-game winning streak snapped.
Finding the visionaries for battling leukemia and lymphoma
Baltimore Positive
Cate Paris of Accelerent joins Nestor to discuss her role in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Visionary of The Year fundraiser this weekend in downtown Baltimore.
What’s the skinny on the leaner Lamar?
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the noticeable weight loss of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and the importance of a functioning offensive line for the reigning NFL MVP during OTAs in Owings Mills.
Battling to get into the batting order
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the appearance of Kyle Stowers, Orioles bats and outfield depth as offense leads the way in a five-game winning streak.
For starters, it’s the pitching
Baltimore Positive
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the whole of the Orioles pitching situation with Kremer and Means down and Bradish emerging during a week of winning baseball.
The time that Bill Walton talked about San Diego sports, John Wooden and the tall life with Nestor at Super Bowl XXXII
Baltimore Positive
Our weeks spent at The Big Game have afforded us the opportunity to have a wide variety of chats – even last century! Nestor only wishes he had asked a few more Grateful Dead questions for the late, great Bill Walton, who joined him on January 21, 1998 at the San Diego Super Bowl.
Orioles flatten Red Sox in 11-3 final for fifth straight win
Baltimore Positive
Kyle Stowers had three hits and drove in a career-high four runs in the Memorial Day victory.
Sitting and talking Orioles baseball with Singy
Baltimore Positive
After a quarter of a century calling New York Yankees games on Yes! Network, our forever resident outfielder Ken Singleton tells Nestor what he loves about the new world of Orioles baseball and the budding rivalry in the American League East. And why he never left Baltimore after all of these years.
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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