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Philadelphia vs. Baltimore: An oral history

Baltimore Positive

When Philly native Tom Pierce of Classic 5 Golf dropped by our WNST 25th Anniversary kickoff at Costas Inn, it gave Nestor a chance to finally do a deep dive on the shallow history of meaningful – and memorably meaningless – competition between two cities less than 100 miles apart and driven by deep sports passion and loyalty.

“We’re all good here in Birdland” said the muted talking head

Baltimore Positive

The “Free Kevin Brown” movement was quelled by the Angelos family and Team Bader at The Warehouse as the Orioles headed West after a bizarre homestand of news regarding MASN broadcasters, free speech and John Angelos demanding $300 million more than $600 million that our citizens are already gifting his baseball franchise. Luke Jones and Nestor take off the gloves on John Angelos and Kevin Brown and what it means for Orioles fans.

The tradition of meaningless wins in August continues

Baltimore Positive

One down, two more to go! Our Ravens insider Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the return of J.K. Dobbins to the field and another step toward getting the new Todd Monken offense installed and Lamar Jackson throwing the football to this rich room of wide receivers and targets.

The adjustment of 25 years with the same chiropractor

Baltimore Positive

In the summer of 1998, Towson chiropractor Steve Elliott called Nestor to welcome him to the neighborhood. Now a quarter of a century of friendship and a lot of bad baseball later, they convene at Drug City with pal Bill Yerman to discuss how sports brings us together in Baltimore.

The magic of Orioles baseball and musical friendship

Baltimore Positive

Serendipity followed our WNST 25th Anniversary celebration as local sports cartoonist Ricig gifted a surprise visit and local musician Ed Lauer joined Nestor at Costas Inn for a winding discussion about a quarter of a century of lousy Orioles baseball, the Bob Irsay dummy and the dream for another orange parade in Baltimore.

There is no WNST without a guy named Bob Nusgart

Baltimore Positive

It took Nestor Aparicio more than 31 years to finally corral his first boss and the man who sponsored his “big break” at The Baltimore Sun in 1986 to come on the radio show and tell all. Let former Baltimore Sun editor Bob Nusgart tell you (and Nestor) why he gave him a sports journalism life in 1984 at The News American that eventually became WNST at the 25th Anniversary at Costas Inn.

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What is the real future of Baltimore baseball?

Baltimore Positive

As Baltimore Orioles “owner” John Angelos fights with Wes Moore and the Annapolis folks trying to give him $600 million of our free money that he won’t take, our favorite sports and civic foil Bill Cole catches up on a summer of Orioles baseball, MASN misery and the kids going back to school.

Saving up for those World Series tickets at Camden Yards

Baltimore Positive

As the summer turns to fall and the Orioles appear to be headed in a postseason direction, our financial expert Leonard Raskin and Nestor playfully discuss just how much money October baseball will be costing and why you should start saving now. Let two Baltimore kids dream a little.

How did 25 years of Baltimore sports radio fly by like this?

Baltimore Positive

Original WNST Executive Producer Andy Mueller joins Nestor for a bunch of 25th Anniversary memories of life in Baltimore in 1998 as we were trying to be pioneers in how sports radio was presented for local fans. Lots of beautiful memories from Drug City here with one of our favorite people.

Dear John and Louis Angelos: Are you a Rocky – or a Bullwinkle?

Baltimore Positive

The sons of Peter Angelos got a “Dear Orioles” letter from Nestor back in July 2018 encouraging them to step forward and run a legitimate local baseball franchise. Now in the aftermath of the Kevin Brown suspension fiasco at MASN, any sensible fan would realize what we’re up against as a community with a born-on-third and thinks he hit a triple Fredo with a penchant for punishment like his old man.

Feeling the magic of an Orioles sweep over Mets

Baltimore Positive

It was a special weekend of memories of the 1983 World Series team but the current Orioles team answered the first-place call with an impressive trio of wins against the once-time menace of the New York Mets. Luke Jones and Nestor recap the magic of Orioles baseball at Camden Yards.

Are the Orioles making all of the right moves?

Baltimore Positive

At some point, Orioles general manager Mike Elias will be spending tens of millions of John Angelos’ money on baseball players. What does the trading deadline acquisition of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty tell us about the value of the minor league system and the flow of Baltimore baseball money?

Broadcaster Kenny Albert and the roots of WNST

Baltimore Positive

Longtime broadcaster Kenny Albert tells Nestor that he is included in his new book of memoirs, “A Mic For All Seasons.” And in celebrating 25 years of Baltimore radio, the whole story cannot be told without the one-time voice of the Baltimore Skipjacks, who started the journey for AM 1570 back in December 1991.

The amazing story and trial of Shoeless Joe Jackson

Baltimore Positive

We all know about cheating in baseball and the biggest scandal in the history of the World Series. Now over a century later, baseball historian David Fletcher tells Nestor everything he did not know about Shoeless Joe Jackson and Black Sox scandal and his new book

Getting ready for fake football and the Eagles

Baltimore Positive

As the installation of the new offense has its predicted hiccups under new coordinator Todd Monken, our Luke Jones tells Ravens fans what’s happening on the back fields in Owings Mills and in preparation for the always awful and always victorious preseason efforts by the men of John Harbaugh.

Is Jack Flaherty the answer for Orioles pitching deficiencies?

Baltimore Positive

Now that the MLB trading deadline is over, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss and assess the Orioles acquisition of a starting pitching the St. Louis Cardinals once viewed as an ace and what it means to the Baltimore rotation – and bullpen – for the pennant stretch run.

Its now a Lamarathon Luke on Ravens fatigue

Other than a Super Bowl, what do we expect from Lamar Jackson?

Baltimore Positive

With the money in the bank and the wristband off, just what do we expect to see from the new offense of Todd Monken that is built for the Ravens’ former MVP quarterback to bring back the dominance of 2019 and lead the franchise deep into the playoffs. Fans won’t have Greg Roman to complain about this season.

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It’s time for Elias and Orioles to add some pitching

Baltimore Positive

Making the case for why the players on the team and the fans of the franchise deserve upgrades to the starting rotation and bullpen at the trading deadline, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles potential moves as the hot August nights of Baltimore baseball are heating up.

The mean, mean pride of 25 years of WNST and your support

Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s so proud of the past quarter of a century of serving truth and accuracy to Baltimore sports fans via the airwaves and internet. And why the Orioles and Ravens still matter so much to our community.

Ravens training camp: From A to Zay

Baltimore Positive

Luke Jones and Nestor take a very temporary break from all of this pennant race baseball to get you ready for Ravens season. What is John Harbaugh really trying to accomplish over the next six weeks besides not getting anyone hurt?

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How will Orioles go about being buyers this week?

Baltimore Positive

As the Major League Baseball trading deadline looms, Luke Jones and Dennis Koulatsos talk Orioles wants and needs as the first-place Birds of Mike Elias turn the hot corner at home against the last-place Yankees.

Putting the local McCafferty championship love on the table at The Beaumont

Baltimore Positive

When the Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into The Beaumont in Catonsville, Nestor finally got the third member of the McCafferty family talking about his father’s famous restaurant in Mount Washington and his grandfather’s famous Super Bowl V title as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts. Talking crab cakes, steaks and eating local in The ‘Ville.

Talking Orioles pennant race fever over beer and crab cakes

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into Koco’s Pub in the midst of baseball fever in Lauraville. Our favorite sportswriter from The Washington Post who has only lived in Baltimore joined our lifer sports cartoonist pal to discuss whether the Ravens or Orioles might soon bring us a parade. Let Dave Sheinin and Mike Ricigliano give you pennant fever!

Oh? Ohtani might be available for a pennant run?

Baltimore Positive

If the Orioles plan to be serious buyers at the trading deadline, Luke Jones and Nestor consider the possibilities of adding the greatest baseball they’ve ever seen in his prime and what it would take and mean for the Angelos family and Mike Elias.

Philadelphia vs. Baltimore: An oral history

Baltimore Positive

When Philly native Tom Pierce of Classic 5 Golf dropped by our WNST 25th Anniversary kickoff at Costas Inn, it gave Nestor a chance to finally do a deep dive on the shallow history of meaningful – and memorably meaningless – competition between two cities less than 100 miles apart and driven by deep sports passion and loyalty.

“We’re all good here in Birdland” said the muted talking head

Baltimore Positive

The “Free Kevin Brown” movement was quelled by the Angelos family and Team Bader at The Warehouse as the Orioles headed West after a bizarre homestand of news regarding MASN broadcasters, free speech and John Angelos demanding $300 million more than $600 million that our citizens are already gifting his baseball franchise. Luke Jones and Nestor take off the gloves on John Angelos and Kevin Brown and what it means for Orioles fans.

The tradition of meaningless wins in August continues

Baltimore Positive

One down, two more to go! Our Ravens insider Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the return of J.K. Dobbins to the field and another step toward getting the new Todd Monken offense installed and Lamar Jackson throwing the football to this rich room of wide receivers and targets.

The adjustment of 25 years with the same chiropractor

Baltimore Positive

In the summer of 1998, Towson chiropractor Steve Elliott called Nestor to welcome him to the neighborhood. Now a quarter of a century of friendship and a lot of bad baseball later, they convene at Drug City with pal Bill Yerman to discuss how sports brings us together in Baltimore.

The magic of Orioles baseball and musical friendship

Baltimore Positive

Serendipity followed our WNST 25th Anniversary celebration as local sports cartoonist Ricig gifted a surprise visit and local musician Ed Lauer joined Nestor at Costas Inn for a winding discussion about a quarter of a century of lousy Orioles baseball, the Bob Irsay dummy and the dream for another orange parade in Baltimore.

There is no WNST without a guy named Bob Nusgart

Baltimore Positive

It took Nestor Aparicio more than 31 years to finally corral his first boss and the man who sponsored his “big break” at The Baltimore Sun in 1986 to come on the radio show and tell all. Let former Baltimore Sun editor Bob Nusgart tell you (and Nestor) why he gave him a sports journalism life in 1984 at The News American that eventually became WNST at the 25th Anniversary at Costas Inn.

119 camden yards lg

What is the real future of Baltimore baseball?

Baltimore Positive

As Baltimore Orioles “owner” John Angelos fights with Wes Moore and the Annapolis folks trying to give him $600 million of our free money that he won’t take, our favorite sports and civic foil Bill Cole catches up on a summer of Orioles baseball, MASN misery and the kids going back to school.

Saving up for those World Series tickets at Camden Yards

Baltimore Positive

As the summer turns to fall and the Orioles appear to be headed in a postseason direction, our financial expert Leonard Raskin and Nestor playfully discuss just how much money October baseball will be costing and why you should start saving now. Let two Baltimore kids dream a little.

How did 25 years of Baltimore sports radio fly by like this?

Baltimore Positive

Original WNST Executive Producer Andy Mueller joins Nestor for a bunch of 25th Anniversary memories of life in Baltimore in 1998 as we were trying to be pioneers in how sports radio was presented for local fans. Lots of beautiful memories from Drug City here with one of our favorite people.

Dear John and Louis Angelos: Are you a Rocky – or a Bullwinkle?

Baltimore Positive

The sons of Peter Angelos got a “Dear Orioles” letter from Nestor back in July 2018 encouraging them to step forward and run a legitimate local baseball franchise. Now in the aftermath of the Kevin Brown suspension fiasco at MASN, any sensible fan would realize what we’re up against as a community with a born-on-third and thinks he hit a triple Fredo with a penchant for punishment like his old man.

Feeling the magic of an Orioles sweep over Mets

Baltimore Positive

It was a special weekend of memories of the 1983 World Series team but the current Orioles team answered the first-place call with an impressive trio of wins against the once-time menace of the New York Mets. Luke Jones and Nestor recap the magic of Orioles baseball at Camden Yards.

Are the Orioles making all of the right moves?

Baltimore Positive

At some point, Orioles general manager Mike Elias will be spending tens of millions of John Angelos’ money on baseball players. What does the trading deadline acquisition of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty tell us about the value of the minor league system and the flow of Baltimore baseball money?

Broadcaster Kenny Albert and the roots of WNST

Baltimore Positive

Longtime broadcaster Kenny Albert tells Nestor that he is included in his new book of memoirs, “A Mic For All Seasons.” And in celebrating 25 years of Baltimore radio, the whole story cannot be told without the one-time voice of the Baltimore Skipjacks, who started the journey for AM 1570 back in December 1991.

The amazing story and trial of Shoeless Joe Jackson

Baltimore Positive

We all know about cheating in baseball and the biggest scandal in the history of the World Series. Now over a century later, baseball historian David Fletcher tells Nestor everything he did not know about Shoeless Joe Jackson and Black Sox scandal and his new book

Getting ready for fake football and the Eagles

Baltimore Positive

As the installation of the new offense has its predicted hiccups under new coordinator Todd Monken, our Luke Jones tells Ravens fans what’s happening on the back fields in Owings Mills and in preparation for the always awful and always victorious preseason efforts by the men of John Harbaugh.

Is Jack Flaherty the answer for Orioles pitching deficiencies?

Baltimore Positive

Now that the MLB trading deadline is over, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss and assess the Orioles acquisition of a starting pitching the St. Louis Cardinals once viewed as an ace and what it means to the Baltimore rotation – and bullpen – for the pennant stretch run.

Its now a Lamarathon Luke on Ravens fatigue

Other than a Super Bowl, what do we expect from Lamar Jackson?

Baltimore Positive

With the money in the bank and the wristband off, just what do we expect to see from the new offense of Todd Monken that is built for the Ravens’ former MVP quarterback to bring back the dominance of 2019 and lead the franchise deep into the playoffs. Fans won’t have Greg Roman to complain about this season.

elias

It’s time for Elias and Orioles to add some pitching

Baltimore Positive

Making the case for why the players on the team and the fans of the franchise deserve upgrades to the starting rotation and bullpen at the trading deadline, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles potential moves as the hot August nights of Baltimore baseball are heating up.

The mean, mean pride of 25 years of WNST and your support

Baltimore Positive

Nestor Aparicio tells Dennis Koulatsos why he’s so proud of the past quarter of a century of serving truth and accuracy to Baltimore sports fans via the airwaves and internet. And why the Orioles and Ravens still matter so much to our community.

Ravens training camp: From A to Zay

Baltimore Positive

Luke Jones and Nestor take a very temporary break from all of this pennant race baseball to get you ready for Ravens season. What is John Harbaugh really trying to accomplish over the next six weeks besides not getting anyone hurt?

mikeelias

How will Orioles go about being buyers this week?

Baltimore Positive

As the Major League Baseball trading deadline looms, Luke Jones and Dennis Koulatsos talk Orioles wants and needs as the first-place Birds of Mike Elias turn the hot corner at home against the last-place Yankees.

Putting the local McCafferty championship love on the table at The Beaumont

Baltimore Positive

When the Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into The Beaumont in Catonsville, Nestor finally got the third member of the McCafferty family talking about his father’s famous restaurant in Mount Washington and his grandfather’s famous Super Bowl V title as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts. Talking crab cakes, steaks and eating local in The ‘Ville.

Talking Orioles pennant race fever over beer and crab cakes

Baltimore Positive

The Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled back into Koco’s Pub in the midst of baseball fever in Lauraville. Our favorite sportswriter from The Washington Post who has only lived in Baltimore joined our lifer sports cartoonist pal to discuss whether the Ravens or Orioles might soon bring us a parade. Let Dave Sheinin and Mike Ricigliano give you pennant fever!

Oh? Ohtani might be available for a pennant run?

Baltimore Positive

If the Orioles plan to be serious buyers at the trading deadline, Luke Jones and Nestor consider the possibilities of adding the greatest baseball they’ve ever seen in his prime and what it would take and mean for the Angelos family and Mike Elias.

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