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A bruised purple season on the brink of going sour

This Baltimore Ravens roster held so much promise a month ago. Now, at 1-3 and staring at life without several of the highest paid players on the team, expectations of a Super Bowl seem distant and the next win is the most important one. Leonard Raskin and Nestor dissect the failures and injuries of Ravens as the season turns sour after the 38-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Hitting the links for the kids at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital

Leonard Raskin joins Nestor while still aglow from the sunburn and fun of a Ravens home beat down of the Cleveland Browns and a day spent at Woodholme Golf Course with the great folks of the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital raising funds and awareness for the great work they do for the children in need locally and regionally.

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Let’s talk about some improvements in Baltimore City government

Crime is down and spirits are up in Baltimore City. What comes next? We reconnected with Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry at Koco’s Pub on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss transparency, real economics and what makes our town more livable.

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From 30 years of Cal 2131 to no hit, to walk-off to WTF? A Baltimore weekend in sports to remember and forget

The 30th Anniversary of Cal Ripken’s 2131 celebration brought Camden Yards to life on Saturday – and that was before the incredible baseball game that was a prelude to a tremendous thud for the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday night in Buffalo. Leonard Raskin tells Nestor why he left a Yamamoto no-hitter in progress.

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When the owners of Birdland ask Orioles fans for the next round of funding after a season like this…

When you invite three busy friends and guests onto the Maryland Crab Cake Tour at Costas Inn in Timonium and they all converge simultaneously, you host a candid, spontaneous chat about the realities of a Birdland Insider membership and being a modern Baltimore Orioles customer, fan and an ATM for ownership no matter what happens – on or off the field. A sports editor, a roofer and a duct sucker all walk into a bar with a guy from Dundalk…

Business, Community, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Orioles find a good deal for both sides with Basallo

Is the “risk” real in the case of Samuel Basallo signing an 8-year contract less than eight days into his MLB career? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Baltimore Orioles’ first long-term deal of the David Rubenstein era and the philosophy on both sides for future signings.

Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the joy of turning your money into a delicious food experience

The next time you’re out having the best meal of the week or month or year, just remember it’s the icing on the cake to the good life when you find a new place or experience that is memorable. Our preacher of the American Dream Leonard Raskin joins Nestor in a search for that next best meal. Even if it’s a hoagie at the foot of the Delaware Memorial Bridge…

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In search of that next great sandwich in life…and finding it on the road to Philly!

The next time you’re out having the best meal of the week or month or year, just remember it’s the icing on the cake to the good life when you find a new place or experience that is memorable. Our preacher of the American Dream, Leonard Raskin, joins Nestor in a search for that next best meal. Even if it’s a hoagie at the foot of the Delaware Memorial Bridge…

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Having the belly for stadium pricing

As the Ravens preseason game tickets go unused and the Orioles send out Birdland renewals for 2026 with a last-place mess on the field, Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the current cost and value proposition of modern fandom. And where the rest of the money is coming from to make sports wealthier.

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Long before “And So It Goes” doc, Billy Joel shared his life and honesty with Nestor in lengthy 1990 interview

The Piano Man told the story of managers and the music business ripping him off during a lengthy and very candid interview with Nestor Aparicio, who was the pop music critic for The Evening Sun in Baltimore from 1986 through 1992.

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It’s time to get excited about football season in Baltimore

With the Baltimore Orioles mired in last place (again) and talking trade deadline, it was time for Leonard Raskin to move the conversation across the parking lot where hope abounds, Lamar and King Henry run and local fans have hope for a Super Bowl parade down Pratt Street. It’s time to talk football in the Charm City!

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The power of par and staying on the course with your money

It was quite a Sunday at Oakmont and the incredible story of J.J. Spaun but our investment insider Leonard Raskin found some parallels on the U.S. Open golf course this weekend with the way money should be handled. The power of par on the course and with your money.

Business, C-Suite, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leonard Raskin, Local, Local, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

Can the Caps capture one more Cup with The Great Eight?

Skating into May and flying high, the Washington Capitals have some momentum as our Leonard Raskin rides the daily Stanley Cup wave of Game 7 thrills and home ice Game 1 spills as Nestor pimps the puck with our financial insights team captain. It’s been more fun than watching the Orioles this month…

Baseball historian Rob Neyer preaches patience on Rutschman and pivots to pitching pitfalls for Orioles

Our longtime SABR pal and baseball historian Rob Neyer has made visits from Oregon to talk baseball most of the century and is now the Commissioner of the West Coast League, which once hosted a young Adley Rutschman. It’s getting late early for the stumbling Orioles but here’s some wisdom on young players and pitching pitfalls for anyone who loves the Orioles.

Former Councilman Tom Quirk brings Nestor the math of tarriffs, Federal cuts and damage being done to government

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to The Beaumont in Catonsville in the recent aftermath of the damage to the stock market and your 401K retirement accounts, it was imperative we get former Baltimore County Councilman and notorious financial centrist Tom Quirk back to do the math on tariffs, federal cuts and the damage being done to local government and business by the lunacy of it all.

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Preaching patience on Rutschman

Our longtime SABR pal and baseball historian Rob Neyer has made visits from Oregon to talk baseball most of the century and is now the Commissioner of the West Coast League, which once hosted a young Adley Rutschman. It’s getting late early for the stumbling Orioles but here’s some wisdom on young players and pitching pitfalls for anyone who loves the Orioles.

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The real financial damage of tariffs on Main Street America

Bringing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour back to The Beaumont in Catonsville in the recent aftermath of the damage to the stock market and your 401K retirement accounts, it was imperative we get former Baltimore County Councilman and notorious financial centrist Tom Quirk back to do the math on tariffs, federal cuts and the damage being done to local government and business by the lunacy of it all.

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Len Elmore: No denial of NIL money and impact on Terps and college basketball realities

It’s been a while since Terps hoops great Len Elmore made a visit but after reading his passionate words about what makes Maryland great, Nestor thought it was time for him to opine on the evolving landscape of college sports and the lack of guardrails in the modern NIL world of university student-athlete life.

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Let’s talk out loud about expectations for Team Rubenstein and Orioles in Year Two

The Orioles payroll has almost doubled in the first year of the David Rubenstein era as April begins the second year of the “post-Peter” era in Baltimore for baseball fans. Leonard Raskin joins Nestor to discuss the expectations of new ownership and what he learned hearing the new boss speak at a CEO luncheon in Hunt Valley last week.

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