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Picking up the pieces of the sorry state of Orioles

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Sure, Luke Jones talked about the lousy baseball over the weekend and the four-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards. But Nestor lost his mind in this one about the lack of respect this new ownership group had regarding “honoring” the surviving members of legendary 1966 Orioles World Series on their 60th anniversary. Imagine a guy named “Aparicio” living in Baltimore losing his freaking mind over the indignity of the whole shoddy performance? When is this nightmare season over?

Luke Jones and Nestor pick up the pieces of the sorry state of Baltimore Orioles baseball after lost weekend at Camden Yards

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Sure, Luke Jones talked about the lousy baseball over the weekend and the four-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards. But Nestor lost his mind in this one about the lack of respect this new ownership group had regarding “honoring” the surviving members of legendary 1966 Orioles World Series on their 60th anniversary. Imagine a guy named “Aparicio” living in Baltimore losing his freaking mind over the indignity of the whole shoddy performance? When is this nightmare season over?

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Talkin’ baseball with folks who love it and one guy who played it

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It’s always fun having a former MLB player on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour and former Towson Tigers and big-league outfield Casper Wells returned at Greenmount Station with Zach Dermer and our 1990s WNST ballpark reporter Howard Scher to talk summer baseball and inside heat.

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to wrap up World Cup marathon and talk about summer savings and doings

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The old people among us have been hearing all of our lives about how soccer was the biggest sport in the world and that it would soon own the American youth and soul. Well, we’re not quite there but Leonard Raskin and Nestor admit to the World Cup lure and draw and ability to enrapture our country – well, at least until the real football season begins next week.

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Soccer (finally) put a kick into America culture for a month

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The old people among us have been hearing all of our lives about how soccer was the biggest sport in the world and that it would soon own the American youth and soul. Well, we’re not quite there but Leonard Raskin and Nestor admit to the World Cup lure and draw and ability to enrapture our country – well, at least until the real football season begins next week.

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The pain of witnessing another lost summer in Birdland in progress

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Sportswriter and historian Joel Poiley returns from his adopted homeland of Tampa to help Nestor assess the state of the Baltimore Orioles at the All Star break – and what happens next in what feels like another lost season at Camden Yards.

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A 4th of July overview of the current awfulness of the Baltimore Orioles – and what must change

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Most nights, it’s mostly unwatchable. It’s been 43 years since a World Series and now into a third year of horrific new ownership that replaced a three-decade regime of awfulness has left the Baltimore Orioles franchise with plenty of empty seats, a sub-.500 record and a crisis for David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti. We’re waiting for the grown-ups to step forward to acknowledge the current realities – and soon. Luke Jones and Nestor give a 4th of July overview of Birdland with the All Star Game, MLB trade deadline and an offseason labor car crash in progress.

Luke Jones and Nestor give a 4th of July overview of Baltimore Orioles awfulness and changes that need to be made

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Most nights, it’s mostly unwatchable. It’s been 43 years since a World Series and now into a third year of horrific new ownership that replaced a three-decade regime of awfulness has left the Baltimore Orioles franchise with plenty of empty seats, a sub-.500 record and a crisis for David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti. We’re waiting for the grown-ups to step forward to acknowledge the current realities – and soon. Luke Jones and Nestor give a 4th of July overview of Birdland with the All Star Game, MLB trade deadline and an offseason labor car crash in progress.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Business, Community, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Getting schooled on life via the lessons of baseball

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Baseball author and professor Ken Davidoff has discussed Major League Baseball and many Orioles and Yankees battles over the years with us but now in the professor stage of his career, he schools Nestor on his new book on the life lessons he learned along the way and will be signing his book at Babe Ruth Museum on June 13th.

Former MLBer Casper Wells returns to talk blood cancer and Orioles finding bats and more runs

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On Saturday night, folks will gather at the Sagamore Pendry to celebrate the Visionary of The Year for Blood Cancer United, which you might know was the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Former MLB outfielder and Towson alum Casper Wells is pitching in and batting cleanup in trying to raise funds and awareness and visits with Nestor here for some current Orioles chatter and ways you can help cancer patients.

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Discussing real vision and the why and how for Blood Cancer United with former big leaguer Casper Wells

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On Saturday night, folks will gather at the Sagamore Pendry to celebrate the Visionary of The Year for Blood Cancer United, which you might know was the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Former MLB outfielder and Towson alum Casper Wells is pitching in and batting cleanup in trying to raise funds and awareness and visits with Nestor here for some current Orioles chatter and ways you can help cancer patients.

Baseball reporter Robby Incmikoski discusses Sacred Grounds stadium book before May 30 SABR chat at Babe Ruth Museum

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After 16 seasons traveling the league as a reporter for the Twins, Pirates, and Rangers, our pal Robby Incmikoski brings readers where few get to go — from dugouts and clubhouses to media booths and bullpens — capturing thousands of behind-the-scenes images and 120-plus interviews with the people who make each park special in his new book, Sacred Grounds. Let him tell you about his journey that will bring him to the Babe Ruth Museum on Saturday, May 30th for a SABR hangout and chat before the Orioles take on the Blue Jays downtown.

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Sharing the love of the Sacred Grounds of baseball with author and pal Robby Incmikoski

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After 16 seasons traveling the league as a reporter for the Twins, Pirates, and Rangers, our pal Robby Incmikoski brings readers where few get to go — from dugouts and clubhouses to media booths and bullpens — capturing thousands of behind-the-scenes images and 120-plus interviews with the people who make each park special in his new book, Sacred Grounds. Let him tell you about his journey that will bring him to the Babe Ruth Museum on Saturday, May 30th for a SABR hangout and chat before the Orioles take on the Blue Jays downtown.

Authors and Books, Baltimore Positive Classic, Celebrities, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

Positive thinking and pitching mental prep with legendary Jamie Moyer

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In our never-ending exploration into the past and present of many Baltimore professional sports alums over five decades of covering local teams and players, it’s always the best and most fun when old friends pay a visit and tell us what they’ve learned along the way. Longtime MLB pitcher Jamie Moyer returns to the Charm City roots where his mid-1990s success and career turned and joins Nestor to discuss positive thinking and pitching success over pressure as taught by legendary Harvey Dorfman.

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Discovering the real Roberto Clemente the next time you visit Pittsburgh

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Sure, we give Pittsburgh a hard time but once we saw that the newest Orioles superstar Pete Alonso took his guys to The Clemente Museum when the Birds flew in, we knew it was time to reach to our old pal Duane Rieder in Da ‘Burgh to invite us behind the scenes for 21 tales of Roberto Clemente that only the curator of this fabulous place can bring to life.

Dan Rodricks returns to discuss success of No Mean City 1966 play and future of American democracy

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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.

Mark Mussina joins Nestor to discuss umpiring, the strike zone and new ABS rules in MLB

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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.

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Mussina: Pitching in on why the new ABS rules in MLB make sense

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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.

Zach Dermer of The Comfort Guys joins Nestor to catch up on spring cleaning and Baltimore basebal

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We love our partners and sponsors at Baltimore Positive and we love it more when they love local sports as much as we do. Zach Dermer of Farnen and Dermer and The Comfort Guys joins Nestor to discuss an up-and-down first week of Orioles season and why you need to get spring maintenance so your summer doesn’t get as a hot and bothered as a manager trying to argue with the machine of the new ABS umpiring system. You’ll keep a cooler head.

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Running back the success and impact of ‘No Mean City: Baltimore 1966″ with Dan Rodricks

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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.

Business, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News, Technology

The “comfort” of baseball season and a new system of balls and strikes

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We love our partners and sponsors at Baltimore Positive and we love it more when they love local sports as much as we do. Zach Dermer of Farnen and Dermer and The Comfort Guys joins Nestor to discuss an up-and-down first week of Orioles season and why you need to get spring maintenance so your summer doesn’t get as a hot and bothered as a manager trying to argue with the machine of the new ABS umpiring system. You’ll keep a cooler head.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Technology

Saving those precious videotape memories and making even more digitally

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Our pal and longtime video producer Gregg Landry of Towson Transfers returns to discuss using your spring cleaning to save all of those essential memories locked on paper and videotape and old media formats and getting your history modernized right here locally.

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With Westburg down, Orioles renew high hopes for Coby Mayo at third base

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It’s less than ideal so far in Sarasota that two emerging, young Orioles stars in Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg are already lost for the start of the MLB season. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss what it means for Coby Mayo and newly-acquired Blaze Alexander now that grapefruit baseball has begun and jobs are available in Baltimore.

Sports cartoonist Ricig joins Nestor with offseason realities for Baltimore Orioles and Ravens fans to reset

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It’s always time well spent with our oldest sports newspaper pal and lifer cartoonist Mike Ricigliano, who resumed his Ko-host role at Koco’s Pub for “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” talking about the Orioles and Ravens fortunes this year. But, more importantly, Ricig told Nestor the story about his wife’s family heading to Kenya to help families and children in need in Africa via Future In Our Hands charity mission.

Community, Crab Cake Row, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Sports cartoonist Ricig discusses family mission in Africa and Orioles and Ravens new directives in Baltimore

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It’s always time well spent with our oldest sports newspaper pal and lifer cartoonist Mike Ricigliano, who resumed his Ko-host role at Koco’s Pub for “A Cup of Soup Or Bowl” talking about the Orioles and Ravens fortunes this year. But, more importantly, Ricig told Nestor the story about his wife’s family heading to Kenya to help families and children in need in Africa via Future In Our Hands charity mission.

Arts and Entertainment, Authors and Books, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Bringing baseball lessons from press box and dugout to the field of life

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Longtime MLB insider Ken Davidoff tells Nestor about his new baseball book on 101 life lessons to teach and learn through the sport’s wisdom and joy on – and off – the field. And what makes the Orioles better with Pete Alonso, too!

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The Misters Robinson of Baltimore and our fractured city in 1966

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His next stage production at The BMA begins on March 5th and Dan Rodricks returns to Gertrude’s for the holidays to take Nestor back to his Aparicio roots with the 1966 Baltimore Orioles winning the World Series – and the realities of the city, race, politics and a colorful upcoming show “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966.”

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