Ted Venetoulis gives us an education and civic primer on electoral college in America

Coby Mayo's long home run capped a six-run explosion in the sixth inning of Wednesday's win over the Royals.

The Baltimore Orioles are battling almost every night to win games and The Maryland Lottery Home Run Riches winners are cashing big checks with every big fly. Seth Elkin joins Nestor for some baseball chatter and another Birds' grand slam this week in addition to lots of fun winner stories and unclaimed big tickets this spring.

It's been far from perfect but it's been good enough for the Orioles to remain very much in the hunt in the American League East as the scuffling Boston Red Sox come to Camden Yards this weekend. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Birds taking two of three in Kansas City and tip-toeing through all sorts of injuries, cold bats and a bullpen that's provided much-needed relief to help them hover near .500 while awaiting better health and Camden Yards cooking.