Saturday, April 27, 2024

Leonard Raskin

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss Orioles energy, sports time and theatre etiquette

Our financial guru Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the energy around Baltimore Orioles baseball and what bringing folks back downtown again regularly can do for the city. Oh, and a good news humanity update on theatre etiquette from Notre Dame Prep, too!

What is bringing folks back downtown for Orioles baseball?

Our financial guru Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the energy around Baltimore Orioles baseball and what bringing folks back downtown again regularly can do for the city. Oh, and a good news humanity update on theatre etiquette from Notre Dame Prep, too!

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss stadia, money and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams

While we watch Steve Bisciotti's paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren't happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

The unlimited free money for billionaire sports franchise owners isn’t coming so easy outside of Maryland

While we watch Steve Bisciotti's paid-for-by-the-citizens new shiny object get erected on the football stadium and await to hear the plan of David Rubenstein for Camden Yards, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss aging stadia, big money, threats of moving sports franchises and civic donations to billionaires for sports teams that aren't happening in places like Kansas City, Phoenix, Oakland and Northern Virginia.

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to talk Orioles profit of Angelos and money of Rubenstein to lift Baltimore

After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

In the end, Angelos family made $1 million every week they owned the Orioles – plus the actual profit

After Nestor broke out a cocktail napkin and did the math on the $173 million price tag of the Baltimore Orioles in 1993 (that came with $45 million in cash) and the recent sale price of $1.7 billion to David Rubenstein (that comes with $600 million in free money from Maryland taxpayers), he wanted to confirm his Dundalk math with our financial advisor Leonard Raskin as to just how much money the Angelos family actually made while attempting to destroy the franchise for the fan base.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss legend, lore, emotions and economic impact of Key Bridge tragedy

It's all so raw and so previously unfathomable – the collapse of the Key Bridge in the overnight. Leonard Raskin and Nestor the discuss the emotions, loss and economic impact for the Port of Baltimore and region as our state attempts to heal and rebuild as quickly as possible.

Coming together after the Key Bridge tragedy

It's all so raw and so previously unfathomable – the collapse of the Key Bridge in the overnight. Leonard Raskin and Nestor the discuss the emotions, loss and economic impact for the Port of Baltimore and region as our state attempts to heal and rebuild as quickly as possible.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game

Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.

The thrill of catching one hot off the bat of a big leaguer at a game

Ever come home from an Orioles game with a souvenir baseball? Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of catching a baseball at an Orioles game – or even having to give the one you catch away to a kid nearby.
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Latest News

What is Oakland losing with the Athletics?

Author Jason Turbow gives Nestor an Oakland Athletics history lesson and discusses everything that went wrong over 50 years dating back to Charlie Finley and a book he wrote on the 1970s World Series champions draped in thrift and constant acrimony.

Ravens tab cornerback Nate Wiggins as best cross section of talent, need in first round

"Just getting a corner at this point like Nate is probably the best way we could have started this weekend."

Ravens address secondary with Wiggins as we await offensive line help

Late in the night the Baltimore Ravens were quite excited about drafting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the 30th pick and now Luke Jones and Nestor await how general manager Eric DeCosta will address the offensive line and other needs this weekend via what has already been a wild NFL Draft.

Fielding a field of crowded outfielders as Kjerstad arrives for Orioles

Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Orioles returning from Anaheim to see the A's and Yankees at Camden Yards with the Heston Kjerstad promotion and the curious Rashod Bateman deal with the Ravens before NFL Draft. A big week of sports ahead in Baltimore.

A sportswriting legend talks about her roots in Oriole Magic and what went wrong in Oakland

Recovering sportswriter Susan Fornoff comes home to Baltimore to talk Oriole Magic, Athletics history and why it matters to fans in Oakland and beyond. And Nestor finally gets to tell some old newspaper tales of her legend and lore at The News American in the 1980s before that creep Dave Kingman showed who the real rats of Major League Baseball were to baseball beat writers.

Ravens excited to land “best cover corner in the draft” in Clemson’s Wiggins

General manager Eric DeCosta said he didn't expect Nate Wiggins to be available at the end of the first round.

First-round cornerback Nate Wiggins says pre-draft visit with Ravens “felt like it was home”

The Clemson product is the first cornerback selected by Baltimore in the first round since Marlon Humphrey in 2017.

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