"Be careful what you wish for," Nestor warns. "All I ever really wanted to do was work at The Baltimore Sun and be the Oscar Madison of local sports..."
The world's largest pickle party is coming to the Charm City on September 23 and 24. Don't pucker up! Let Kevin Baxter educate you on origins and bold flavors and unique ways to make a pickle come to life at The Big Dill Pickle Party at Power Plant Live.
The 25th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland led us on the ice cream path to Weis Markets dairy facility in Sunbury, Pennsylvania on a gorgeous day for a drive and a stop at Friendly Farms in Upperco and a beer nearby at Big Truck in Hereford. Nothing like eating fresh ice cream soft served off the line!
After an 8-3 start amidst some good bounces, the injuries and attrition finally caught up to the Ravens after Thanksgiving. Luke Jones and Nestor try to capture all that went wrong and how to make sure it never happens again.
A new book on the 1972 Chicago White Sox and the Hall of Fame candidacy of Dick Allen intrigues the "Aparicio" in Nestor. Authors John Owens and David Fletcher join him from The Windy City to reminisce about tough times and great uniforms at Comiskey Park.
Luke Jones and Nestor try to pick up the pieces from an awful Thursday night loss to a 2-7 Dolphins team and find some reasons for the lack of energy in South Florida.
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by the Maryland Lottery moves back to the WNST homestead of Towson on Friday. Let Jen Fedeli tell you all about Restaurant Week and how Nacho Mama's made it through the pandemic and is still welcoming all Journey fans after dark.
Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.
Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.
Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.
Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn. Watch "No One Listens; Everyone Hears" – The Story of Baltimore Positive, Nestor Aparicio & WNST" here. A documentary film narrated by Kyf Brewer, Gina Schock, Mickey Cucchiella, Mike Brilhart, John Allen, Ray Bachman and Bill Cole. Nestor and his family and partners would like to thank every one of you for four decades of support of WNST, our sponsors and advertisers who allow us to do this Baltimore Positive thing. And if you want to be part of what we do,
Nestor is a very available individual: nes@baltimorepositive.com
