12. Mercy-IND Girls’ Basketball – Little known fact: I covered girl high school basketball at The Evening Sun from 1986 through 1991 and this was the best rivalry game then and it’s the best rivalry game now. They played it at the Baltimore Civic Center back in the day, then Loyola and now it’s been at Towson for almost two decades. If you like tradition and Hatfields and McCoys and massive amounts of girl power, then see the Mercy-IND game at SECU Arena next February right around the Super Bowl. Full house. All the traditions you’d ever want to see. Ask anyone who has seen the Sharpshooters vs. the Indians or the more tepid Magic vs. the Penguins that this is a big deal. Go see for yourself…
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Nestor Aparicio
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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Mussina: Pitching in on why the new ABS rules in MLB make sense
Our all-time favorite brother-of-a-Hall-of-Famer Mark Mussina returns to begin another baseball season but this one has been greatly altered – and improved – by "the system" getting the calls right. Moose joins Nestor to discuss umpiring, the strike zone and the new ABS rules in MLB and why it's quickly become hailed as one of the greatest improvements in the game in a generation.
Twelve Orioles Thoughts following series loss to Texas and 3-3 homestand
Samuel Basallo's long home run helped cap the homestand with a win on Wednesday afternoon.
Running back the success and impact of 'No Mean City: Baltimore 1966" with Dan Rodricks
If you missed the sold-out run of local newspaper legend Dan Rodricks' amazing play, "No Mean City: Baltimore 1966," it looks like you'll have another chance next year. The incredible success and rave reviews brought the longtime Baltimore columnist back to chat with Nestor about his observations about the time, place, baseball and storylines in our city that haven't aged – or changed – in some ways over the past 60 years.




















