Nestor Aparicio

Right now, there are gigantic fireworks going off over Camden Yards. Literally…it was fireworks night! But the only fireworks right

So, while most of the WNST crew and spouses hit the Burke’s Comedy Factory last night for onion rings and

I just got home from a day of running around Baltimore to open some email… The first one is posted

There was lots of fun to be had last night in Carney, as we introduced the Ravens’ 2007 rookie draft

When the Orioles go to the West Coast and play night games, it’s almost like the losses don’t count. Most

The Baltimore Sun‘s latest buyout has found five more veteran Calvert Street "lifers" in the sports department on the outside

My man Suchy hit one of the greatest nerve centers in my condo on any given night… EARL WEAVER! My

So, I’ve been back from my trip to the West Coast for all of 15 minutes. The Orioles, alas, are

So I am wrapping up a "working/fun" weekend vacation in Seattle and Vancouver with my wife. (I brought her here

I’m up and having coffee and saw this great piece on espn.com about coaches and their "real" lives and families.

So, I’m on an airplane, reading USA Today and trying to kill time on my long flight. Up pops a

I want to take this time to formally thank everyone who is playing in or coming to support Drew’ charity

And today is the first day that I’m starting to feel ambivalent about the whole 2007 Orioles campaign. Here’s a

It would’ve paid me $23.20, or with me betting the way I generally do, I would’ve cashed a $232 ticket

Well, the race is four hours away and I’m watching the coverage on ESPN. And I thought: "Maybe I should

I have two confirmed reports via text — one from Casey Willett — that around 8:35 a uniform appeared in

I received this nice email this morning. I thought I’d share it with you. If you read my earlier blog,

Geez…put the f***ing press release together and make the announcement, already! It’s CLEAR — the Orioles ARE (maybe) putting BALTIMORE

Like a fine wine — or an ice cold Schlitz — Art Donovan is a treasure that just keeps improving

Geez, it’s a GOOD thing I don’t have a radio show anymore! One, the Orioles would "have" to let me

It was the kind of "journalism" that would make Howard Cosell smile heartily. During the last at-bat of the game

Ok, so my rants (and honestly the rant of ANY self-respecting Orioles fan) about Peter Angelos’ obvious, intentional and mean-spirited

Maybe the strangest game since…well, since ARod hit that grand slam a few weeks ago. What the hell happened? Once

Wow…what an IMPRESSIVE effort today by Jeremy Guthrie! The above picture was taken from NESN’s HD feed…they showed the scoreboard

If there’s ANYTHING that makes me want to do FREE THE BIRDS II this summer, it’s seeing baseball at Fenway

Random thoughts a few hours after the game… * So much for the $42 million bullpen. Just when I write

Curt Schilling has left the game…lots of pitches, lots of time to sit between innings, lots of balls thrown in

Fourth inning at Fenway, and it’s been an eventful day already. First, Manny Ramirez has played two separate, relatively routine

With the advent of the internet, it becomes possible to send back information via WNST.net almost instantly, which is really

Wow…what a change of pace, being in a place where baseball matters. I pulled into the Fenway Park area via

So, en route to doing my job — reporting facts about the Orioles to Baltimore — I have decided to

From the nasty@wnst.net mailbag: Nestor: I was at the game on Weds night in the 3rd row behind the O’s

Good morning, Baltimore! Strange day indeed, when it’s 6:20 in the a.m. and word is the Ravens’ QB is arrested

I made it out to the Leslie Moore Scholarship Dinner last night, at the invite of Hall of Famer Lenny

I had a relatively uneventful day at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They announced the “crowd” at 17,944. There might

It’s 70 degrees and not a cloud in the sky. In the “ancient” times, most of the city would be

The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that the NFL is seriously considering moving the first round of the NFL Draft

And there WAS a hug…and they both made a boatload of money. The HBO announcers are calling it a better

So if this thing goes the distance, and here going into 11, it appears that is very possible.If it stays

Very surprised by the effort being put forth by De La Hoya. When he’s pushed the tempo, he’s been effective,