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Author John Miller tells Nestor about reaction and feedback to his book on life and mind of Earl Weaver

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With Father’s Day soon arriving, we’ve invited some of our favorite authors back to discuss books and the reaction to their words and manuscript. No local sports book has received more praise than The New York Times Bestseller, “The Last Manager,” authored by former Wall Street Journal reporter and Orioles fan John Miller, who will be signing his book and telling Earl Weaver stories at the Babe Ruth Museum on June 14th.

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Getting feedback on writing the book on Earl Weaver

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With Father’s Day soon arriving, we’ve invited some of our favorite authors back to discuss books and the reaction to their words and manuscript. No local sports book has received more praise than The New York Times Bestseller, “The Last Manager,” authored by former Wall Street Journal reporter and Orioles fan John Miller, who will be signing his book and telling Earl Weaver stories at the Babe Ruth Museum on June 14th.

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss life of Jim Henneman and old time Baltimore sportswriters and sages

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Back in the 1980s, baseball coverage at The Evening Sun was sacred and Jim Henneman was the sage leader of Baltimore Orioles’ coverage and made quite an impression on a teenager who wanted to be a sportswriter. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the incredible baseball life of “Henny” and all of the old-timer Baltimore sports media legends who kept the stories of Brooks and Frank alive over the years.

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A tribute to the Baltimore baseball legend of my former colleague Jim Henneman

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Back in the 1980s, baseball coverage at The Evening Sun was sacred and Jim Henneman was the sage leader of Baltimore Orioles’ coverage and made quite an impression on a teenager who wanted to be a sportswriter. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the incredible baseball life of “Henny” and all of the old-timer Baltimore sports media legends who kept the stories of Brooks and Frank alive over the years.

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Rethinking and writing the “analytics” on legend of The Earl of Baltimore

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Nearly a decade after the death of Orioles Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver, author John Miller reached to Nestor to discuss the last interview that No. 4 ever granted. Miller outlines his tales and research on the life and times of the greatest skipper the Birds ever had.

Doug DeCinces joins Nestor to reminisce about Orioles baseball and winning teams that created The Magic in Baltimore

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It’s been a long time since we’ve connected with former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces but this tribute to Brooks Robinson, homage to that night in 1979 against the Tigers and the joys of being a part of the Roar From 34 and Memorial Stadium on those summer nights was special. Let the “Godfather” of Orioles Magic reminisce about what it meant to wear a Baltimore Orioles jersey and represent the team in the community at Nestor’s Eastwood Little League banquet on Dundalk Avenue 48 years ago.

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Doug DeCinces relives the birth of Orioles Magic

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It’s been a long time since we’ve connected with former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces but this tribute to Brooks Robinson, homage to that night in 1979 against the Tigers and the joys of being a part of the Roar From 34 and Memorial Stadium on those summer nights was special. Let the “Godfather” of Orioles Magic reminisce about what it meant to wear a Baltimore Orioles jersey and represent the team in the community at Nestor’s Eastwood Little League banquet on Dundalk Avenue 48 years ago.

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Chapter 2: “Aparicio” simply means Venezuela and baseball to most people in America

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What’s in a name? For Nestor Aparicio, it’s been a life of Baltimore baseball heritage and the inevitable question: “Are you related to Luis?”

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Chapter 1: This whole WNST thing was started by man in Dundalk who loved the Baltimore Orioles

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In case you missed Free The Birds in 2006, here’s the book that tells the story of “why” behind the rally and movement that was a direct message to Baltimore Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos. Nestor wrote a book about his Pop’s love of baseball and the hometown Birds.

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Another run for brilliant “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” has Rodricks ready to write more for the stage

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Venerable columnist Dan Rodricks returns for a now-annual Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at Gertrude’s at The Baltimore Museum of Art, the same setting where his amazing play “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” will come back to life this week for one more run before he writes another production with a 1966 baseball and Charm City theme he’s keeping mostly a secret.

Venerable columnist Dan Rodricks returns to discuss “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” doing one more run at The BMA for the holidays

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Venerable columnist Dan Rodricks returns for a now-annual Maryland Crab Cake Tour stop at Gertrude’s at The Baltimore Museum of Art, the same setting where his amazing play “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” will come back to life this week for one more run before he writes another production with a 1966 baseball and Charm City theme he’s keeping mostly a secret.

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John Eisenberg updates us on his findings in The Bird Tapes of lost Orioles history

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With the Orioles surging on the field under new ownership, our favorite local sportswriter and columnist John Eisenberg returns to discuss his continued findings amidst a 25-year-old collection of tapes and stories with former Birds of yesteryear who contributed to his book on franchise history.

Charles Steinberg comes back to Baltimore to hail Lucchino and offers Orioles Magic wisdom to Rubenstein

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If you want to know the real history of Baltimore baseball, you ask the folks who authored the story of Orioles Magic. Charles Steinberg comes back to Baltimore to hail Larry Lucchino and the real heroes of Camden Yards and saving the Orioles – and offers his best wisdom and native advice to new owner David Rubenstein from his Worcester Woo Sox seat at Polar Park.

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Search no further for better words of wisdom for David Rubenstein and “Next Chapter” of Orioles baseball in Baltimore

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If you want to know the real history of Baltimore baseball, you ask the folks who authored the story of Orioles Magic. Charles Steinberg comes back to Baltimore to hail Larry Lucchino and the real heroes of Camden Yards and saving the Orioles – and offers his best wisdom and native advice to new owner David Rubenstein from his Worcester Woo Sox seat at Polar Park.

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WNST STORY OF GLORY No. 10: Our 10th Anniversary celebration at Sports Legends Museum

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They said we’d never make it at WNST so when our 10th Anniversary on the Baltimore airwaves at AM 1570 also launched the all-new WNST.net on the internet, we took a chance to invite everyone downtown for a night of food, fans and good cheer to celebrate a decade of locally owned and operated sports radio in the Charm City. If you have any pictures of our night at Sports Legends Museum – there were a ton of celebrities and old-school listeners and friends in one place – we’d love to see and share them: nes@baltimorepositive.com

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Dear Joe Flacco: I’ll never let ‘em forget how “elite” you were here in Baltimore

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Originally published in 2019, a fond, personal farewell to the “other” No. 5 of Baltimore sports. Time will not dim the glory of his Super Bowl MVP deeds with the Baltimore Ravens. Joe Flacco is cool again in Cleveland so perhaps this is worth another look?

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Comedian Lewis Black on going orange and black and never looking back

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When his usual comedic rants were softened by the Orioles fandom in his heart on the internet, we needed to reach to our favorite comedian Lewis Black to investigate his baseball soul from the D.C. suburbs to a life making jokes about Peter Angelos and Daniel Snyder. The man has suffered with Baltimore baseball and Washington football. Let him come clean on why Camden Yards in October is what heaven will feel like…

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What made Brooks Robinson great is what made the Orioles a love story in Baltimore

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Longtime Orioles public relations executive Rick Vaughn tells Nestor every Brooks Robinson story that will make you cry and remembers all of the building blocks of Orioles Magic. He’s also quite excited about the 2023 Orioles after spending two decades in Tampa Bay trying to build a winner there with Joe Maddon.

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Once again, the Orioles have Magic to do

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For two decades Charles Steinberg worked for the Baltimore Orioles and can recite the history of Orioles Magic because he was there when it happened. Checking in from his gig running the Worcester Woo Sox after a long trail of success with the Boston Red Sox, the native Baltimorean had some thoughts on the kindness of Brooks Robinson, warm memories of 33rd Street and the resurgence of the Oriole Way with the 2023 Birds.

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Luke Jones talks Brooks, Orioles Magic and Ravens travels during busiest Baltimore sports month of the century

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Been quite a week for our Luke Jones who reported on the death of Brooks Robinson, the Clinchmas night at Camden Yards and another week of infirmary reports from Owings Mills as the Ravens head to Cleveland. He also reports that the AL East Division title clubhouse celebration was a little more tame than the shower from the 2014 Orioles squad. So far…

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We loved Brooks Robinson – all of us!

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There are no words to adequately express his contributions on and off the field in the City of Baltimore over the last 70 years. The loss of Brooks Robinson on Tuesday night brought the city to a standstill. We will share our Hall of Fame chats with No. 5 here and at WNST-AM 1570 throughout the week as the Orioles attempt to clinch another American League East crown. RIP Brooks! We loved you and we’re going to miss you.

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Brooks Robinson talks Orioles baseball and Crown Gasoline with a very nervous Nestor in Spring 1995 at Harborplace

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It was the spring of 1995 and Major League Baseball was recovering from an awful strike and Brooks Robinson was sitting at Harborplace talking about a new day in the game.

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Who would come to Baltimore, fall in love with our city and want to write about it?

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Local journalist Ron Cassie of Baltimore Magazine is a noted transplant whom extols the many virtues – and vices – of the Charm City for Nestor as they discuss their mutual love of the Land of Pleasant Living on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at State Fare in Catonsville.

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