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Pomp and circumstance: the WNST Sweet 16 Best High School Athletes in Baltimore history

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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No. 6 Cal Ripken (Aberdeen 1978) – Cal was a pitcher at Aberdeen, posting a 7-2 mark with 0.70 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 60 innings of work leading the Eagles to a Class A state title. He also hit .492. In the championship, Ripken struck out 17, allowed two hits and threw a complete game. Ripken was also all-county as a soccer player but did all of the work that made him famous on the baseball diamond.