Twelve Orioles thoughts following season-opening sweep over Boston
Expectations shouldn’t change after three games, but periods of success carry long-term value for young teams trying to avoid getting used to losing.
Expectations shouldn’t change after three games, but periods of success carry long-term value for young teams trying to avoid getting used to losing.
Center fielder Cedric Mullins collected five hits, three doubles, and a walk in Sunday’s 11-3 win, raising his average to .692 through the first three games of 2021.
Rookie left-hander Bruce Zimmermann allowed three earned runs over six innings in the 11-3 win over Boston.
Baltimore pitched well throughout the weekend and used a seven-run third inning to dispose of the Red Sox on Sunday.
The Baltimore outfield has no shortage of talent entering the new season.
Trey Mancini had to wait another day to officially complete his inspiring comeback from colon cancer.
Baseball and Babe Ruth historian Michael Gibbons invites Orioles fans back to Emory Street in time for Opening Day.
Austin Hays has been on a roller coaster since his major league debut in 2017, but he was easily Baltimore’s best player this spring
“King Felix” had been slowed by a sore elbow and wasn’t going to make the Opening Day roster out of camp.
Rookie lefty and local product Bruce Zimmermann will begin the season as the No. 3 starter after a strong spring.
Orioles legend and current Yankees broadcaster Ken Singleton joins Nestor to talk the Yankees, Orioles baseball and Reggie Jackson.
J.J. Hardy, Mike Devereaux, Joe Angel, and the late Mo Gaba will be honored in a pre-game ceremony on Aug. 7.
Manager Brandon Hyde explained the decision to demote young lefty Keegan Akin, who struggled in Grapefruit League action after being a favorite to make the rotation.
Once a young star for the New York Mets, the veteran right-hander is throwing harder than he has in a few years trying to revitalize his career in Baltimore.
Luke Jones and Nestor set sights on spring of Orioles games and Ravens draft hopes for improvement
After a weekend on the couch watching March Madness, Luke Jones and Nestor anticipate what a normal sports spring will feel like as vaccines go into arms and world opens back up.
Luke Jones and Nestor set Orioles expectations and welcome Birds of spring
The Baltimore lefty wasn’t able to start last July’s opener due to a sore shoulder, but he’s scheduled to take the hill at Fenway Park on April 1.
Baseball author and collectibles historian Pete Williams joins Nestor to discuss 30 years of Camden Yards memories and how the baseball card market has spiked during COVID.
The 28-year-old will need to get up to speed before likely seizing the starting job at third base.
Luke Jones and Nestor take a deep dive on what the realities are for Mike Elias and the leadership of the Baltimore Orioles in another season of limited expectations.
In some ways, Nick Markakis epitomized the only winning era of Orioles baseball this century.
The Orioles will be able to host approximately 11,000 fans per game to open the season with the flexibility to increase capacity as 2021 progresses.
The Orioles general manager is looking forward to moving back toward more baseball normalcy this season.
Local real estate pro Jeff Mohler talks vaccine optimism for seeing some baseball at Camden Yards after extended March Madness and Maryland basketball on TV.
Author Tim Wendel shares real and imagined tales of baseball, Cuba and Fidel Castro in his second novel and catching up with Billy Bryan.
It started with a sports debate that meandered into a pitch for natural maple syrup as opposed to the synthetic stuff. And the greatest Oriole of ’em all adorning the walls of WNST…
Now hitting exclusively from the left side, Cedric Mullins is off to a good start at the plate this spring.
The young catcher isn’t sure when he’ll receive the call to the majors, but he believes his competitive nature will help him succeed at any level.
Altobelli was the last man to lead Baltimore to a World Series championship.
The Orioles first baseman singled in his first Grapefruit League at-bat since being diagnosed with colon cancer last March.
Cedric Mullins had batted just .147 with a .439 OPS in 111 major league plate appearances as a right-handed hitter.
Dr. Charles Fine of McDonough Dental in Owings Mills joins Nestor to discuss their mutual love of Orioles history and memorabilia. And the doc updates us on the importance of visiting a dentist during COVID.
The veteran first baseman described adjustments at the plate as “overdue” in trying to rejuvenate his career after batting a combined .169 over the last three seasons.
After three decades of DMV worldwide sports coverage at the Associated Press, Dave Ginsburg is hanging up the laptop. At least for now. He joins Nestor for a fun retrospective of Baltimore and Washington and memories and press box food.
Dean Kremer is among the interesting young talents to watch in 2021.
Forbes baseball business insider Maury Brown joins Nestor to discuss all that ails the sport as spring training commences. And, as always, bonus rock music discussion, history and rumination.
Bill Cole and Nestor ask some lengthy and difficult questions about the future of business and industry in our hometown as the pandemic drags into the second year.
Longtime baseball insider (and cool musician) at The Washington Post Dave Sheinin joins Nestor to discuss the joys of writing about life in East Baltimore as the weather changes and the Orioles work on that zero point zero.
After completing chemo treatments last fall, the Baltimore slugger began baseball workouts in late October and had a mostly normal offseason.