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As the Orioles approach .500 and a Labor Day home stand in a pennant race, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the sweep in Sacramento and the momentum for the Rockies in Denver as the Birds surge toward a Wild Card berth.

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It's always time to come on down and play when The Maryland Lottery teams up with The Price Is Right for a fun cash and getaway promotion. Senior Advisor John Martin returns to talk big spins, big winners in Home Run Riches and the start of football season and another great Ravens scratch-off promotion in progress.

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He spent a decade here as one of the premier voices in Baltimore sports, and the now longtime hockey play-by-play voice of the Florida Panthers and Columbus Blue Jackets has written a memoir to share his amazing stories of Orioles baseball, hosting radio on WBAL and our local pursuit of an NFL team before the Ravens came to town. We competed extremely hard with Jeff Rimer 35 years ago, and it was a pleasure to welcome him on the show and hear his stories with The Greatest, and Pete Rose, too!

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With the final round of fake football here along with final cuts, our Luke Jones cuts through all of the nonsense of August football and tells Nestor what we're looking for as the Baltimore Ravens now prepare for a real game against the Colts in Indianapolis on September 13th.

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After taking two of three from the Cardinals in St. Louis, it's imperative that the Baltimore Orioles keep their momentum into sleepy Sacramento to take on the woeful Athletics before a trip into Denver to face the similarly awful Colorado Rockies. Luke Jones tells Nestor that this is the week for the Birds to get back into this Wild Card race as a leader instead of a chaser.

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The author of "Every Day Is Sunday" and The New York Times insider for the business of the NFL joins us for a discussion about the state of the game and why the Baltimore Ravens are playing in Brazil next month. Ken Belson returns for another preseason football chat about the past, present and future of the sport with Nestor just in time for kickoff and a violent Sunday collision coming to you soon.

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The Baltimore Orioles remain "in the hunt" for both .500 and an American League wild card playoff berth and its been the big bats in St. Louis that have shown what the potential has been all along. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the team-MVP season from incendiary Pete Alonso and the emergence of complimentary big hits against the Cardinals as Sacramento and Denver await in a week where the Birds need to win games against dreadful teams.

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For the gathering fans of Rush who are convening for this most unlikely 50th Anniversary tour, the music has brought incredible memories and emotions. And mainly for dudes and bros. Leonard Raskin and Nestor "review" the second night in Philly and discuss the allure and passion of music bringing people together in song. And how to have a good time even if Beavis and Butthead are seated behind you during "Closer To The Heart."

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Back at the beach for the Maryland Counties Conference, we welcome Tom Perlozzo – yes, he's Sam's brother - back from Ocean City to talk tourism, families, the lure and lore of the beach and how Maryland is trying to compete with Virginia Beach year-around for youth sports events and all of the great economic benefits of that happening with the new proposal. Oh, and we didn't want to discuss the Orioles but we did anyway...

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The Baltimore Orioles are headed on the road for nine games in St. Louis, Sacamento and Denver. As Luke Jones points out to Nestor, just because it's a terrible "pennant race" in regard to the final American League Wild Card berth, the Birds have a unique stretch here to make up ground against some of the worst teams in baseball and still reach the October tournament. It's far from far-fetched.

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After watching another preseason NFL game from Minnesota over the weekend, Luke Jones and Nestor recap the real Ravens agenda and schedule as all eyes remain on seeing the starters excel on September 13th in Indianapolis when it counts.

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Former Hagerstown Mayor Emily Keller returns from Ocean City at MACo as the Special Secretary of Overdose Response to candidly discuss her work in saving lives and getting addicted folks on the streets into safe programs with assistance without judgment. What is your role on the war on drugs and how can NARCAN save lives?

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Do you know someone with a place in Ocean City or the Delaware shore? Our financial insider Leonard Raskin joins Nestor, who discovered his cousin's OC beach house and wound up talking sun, sand and retirement while at MACo doing the Maryland Crab Cake Tour on the Coastal Highway.

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Every year at the MACo event in Ocean City, we add up the numbers of the Maryland Lottery. Seth Elkin brings the real math of state contributions to Nestor as we learn where the money goes and what it does to help citizens after all of the winners and second chances.

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It's getting hot but the winnings get bigger as the temperature rises at The Maryland Lottery. Special Advisor John Martin gives Nestor the warmth of the late summer promotion as the cash gets deeper as the thermometer climbs at BWI.

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It’s no secret that Nestor is enthusiastic about the town of Frederick and it’s not just the pastries! Mayor Michael […]

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Every year at the Maryland Counties Conference in Ocean City, we welcome Mayor Rick Meehan back to his Towson and Baltimore roots to update us on what's growing at the beach. Here, he gives Nestor the facts about why the proposed sports complex in Berlin is a great idea for the future of OCMD. Oh, and a serious chat here about why the resort is still sandy, sunny and thriving.

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We always use our time with Senator Chris Van Hollen wisely and this sit down at MACo in Ocean City covered all things federal money, Key Bridge, housing costs, AI realities and who is paying for Trump's illegal war in Iran. Democracy and the future of the United States is always front and center when Nestor gets time with our representative in Washington, D.C. to ask hard questions.

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Our resident Florida sportswriter and author from Baltimore Joel Poiley returns to talk Orioles baseball floundering in August and the chase of pennant race that leads to porous defense and double-digit strikeouts most nights. Putting the ball in play here...

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We've been discussing the center position of the Baltimore Ravens and who snaps to Lamar Jackson (and how) since Tyler Linderbaum backed up the Brink's truck on Mark Davis in Las Vegas. Now, with the awful Danny Pinter injury at practice in Minnesota, the Ravens move to the "next" plan and as Luke Jones and Nestor discuss, that's not good with the season about to begin and the center of the offense murky.

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We keep saying the season is still alive because the math isn't broken just yet. But are the Orioles after four losses in a row this week? Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Yankees sweep of the Birds at Camden Yards and picking up the pieces of a broken American League Wild Card race.

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Was the Pete Alonso home run fair or foul? Science said it was fair; the umpires called it foul. Luke Jones and Nestor throw the flag on the MLB video review system, camera angles and contribute to the general lousy mood around Baltimore after another Orioles late loss to the New York Yankees at Camden Yards.

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Reflecting on the life, faith, courage and Baltimore football legacy of O.J. Brigance and the miracle of how he turned an ALS diagnosis into a source of encouragement for others.

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Local keynote speaker Rachel Druckenmiller will be singing the National Anthem this week at Camden Yards and joined Nestor to discuss inspiration and how repeated action builds confidence. And, how being hit by a pickup truck in Timonium in spring 2020 reshaped her priorities leading her from her old corporate life into speaking and singing. Let her inspire you here...

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Another quality start from Shane Baz was wasted at Camden Yards on Tuesday night as the Orioles continue to play the foil to the New York Yankees with a Wild Card berth at stake in a sloppy American League race. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the eternal frustration of Orioles losing close games to Yankees all these years later.

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As the New York Yankees and Tampa Rays roll into Camden Yards in a legitimate pennant race in August, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the real circumstances of the American League Wild Card situation and the open door for the Birds to play in October. But, first, the Bronx Bombers and pinstripe mystique...

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The Baltimore Orioles are suddenly winning the battle of the race to the bottom of the top of the American League. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss a blazing weekend against the first-place Rays in Tampa and the big home stand ahead as the New York Yankees arrive on Tuesday at Camden Yards. Yes, we have real pennant race baseball in the Charm City!

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We're always looking for standouts and reasons to watch the slog that the NFL preseason is during August and Saturday night's 24-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles revealed a few new twists and potential contributors for the Baltimore Ravens. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the rising star of Ja'Kobi Lane and the falling stock of Ryan Loop as well as the construction of the offensive line as the week ahead in Minnesota will see starters getting real work on the backfields as they scrimmage the Vikings before a preseason game on Saturday afternoon.

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It's long past the point where the Baltimore Orioles have shown any consistency but they're still in the pennant race. Next up: the Tampa Rays and New York Yankees. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Birds' make-or-break next two weeks to enter September in better position to make a serious Wild Card run in a pathetically ordinary American League race for an October playoff berth.

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After a big scare at training camp this week with cornerback Nate Wiggins, Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the Ravens' secondary depth and everything to watch when watching fake football over the next three weeks as the Eagles start the week when the real hitting happens in Minnesota for mid-week scrimmages. All things #RavensFlock here for everyone looking to get caught up...

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Concerts ain't cheap and bigger experiences cost even more. In his never-ending quest to educate Nestor about money and living his best American Dream life, Leonard Raskin returns and discusses whether this Rush reunion is worth all of the fuss.

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In our search to bring real information and horse racing history and insights regarding the current spring mess, as the Preakness and the state of Maryland go to war with the big boys at Churchill, NYRA and Fox reagrding the perilous future of the Triple Crown and its significance to the sport, we turn to lifer track man and journalist Randy Moss to educate us and present the reality of the industry.

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Last week, Mike Elias traded Dean Kremer to the Minnesota Twins. On Monday night, the Baltimore Orioles couldn't manage to get a hit out of the infield against him. Are the Birds really a playoff contender? Don't ask Luke Jones or Nestor…

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Sure, former head coach John Harbaugh had plenty of detractors inside and outside the building in Owings Mills, but at least in the early going under rookie leader Jesse Minter, it appears that the "new" Baltimore Ravens are buying into the program. Luke Jones and Nestor discuss the week of prep for the fake football against Philly on Saturday night as they host the Eagles and we get our first look at the structure of the new system.

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Can the Baltimore Orioles still make a playoff run? Well, sure, when you're only a few games back of the final (and lowly) AL Wild Card slot but as Luke Jones and Nestor witness these defensive flaws and swiss cheese bats, they wonder aloud about the real destiny of Gunnar Henderson now that Adley Rutschman has been dispatched to Boston.

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After witnessing and opining on the entire state of horse racing and the sport in Maryland over the past 35 years on the radio regarding its complete deterioration, Nestor Aparicio only really trusts one voice about the sport of kings: Dick Jerardi. His one time colleague in 1984 has gone off to Philadelphia to become one of the legendary horse racing insiders in the sport and attempts to calm his now-much-older-and-more-cynical friend down about very rational Preakness and Triple Crown concerns as Pimlico goes to war with Churchill and Belmont, and NBC and Fox square off and Wes Moore is holding...

Short term assets, long term gains and the risk and reward of winning and losing in Major League Baseball. Our financial resource Leonard Raskin brings the money of baseball to Nestor in aftermath of Orioles saving 30 million in deals this week and the industry about to descend into an offseason of chaos – no matter who wins the World Series.

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We treasure our chats with future Hall of Famer Janet Marie Smith, who once again takes Nestor on a tour of modern stadium design and a Baltimore history primer that will remind you why you love Oriole Park at Camden Yards so much.

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With the MLB trade deadline deals of Mike Elias behind us and the labor war ahead, Allen McCallum and Nestor recap the departure of Adley Rutschman and have a tough discussion about the Orioles here-and-now with fans and how this next eight weeks leads to a lot of uncertainty in Baltimore and all around the industry of baseball.

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It’s not always about having all of the numbers in order to win big. Seth Elkin of The Maryland Lottery […]

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