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The Baltimore Orioles are on the field playing games that matter and trying to make trade deadline news off the field and magic on it. And the Baltimore Ravens have Super Bowl potential and a lot of questions about the new leadership as training camp begins in Owings Mills. Leonard Raskin and Nestor discuss the Birds of summer and fall and the takeover of our sports mind space as August heats up.

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No one will be covering the battle after the World Series quite like Evan Drellich of The Athletic, who gives a full primer and overview of the upcoming MLB labor war with the MLBPA and the Orioles' role in the battle of billionaires vs. millionaires that many expect to greatly impact the business of baseball immediately following the season, if not already in some markets.

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It's always lively when we convene with Allen McCallum and Luke Jones on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for a sit down and baseball conversation. The dynamic duo convenes with Nestor at Costas Inn in Timonium for a summer reality check on the Baltimore Orioles, the upcoming labor crisis and how it might act to inspire Rubenstein, Arougheti and Elias to act in the coming days and weeks.

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With a few days of observations under his purple belt, our Luke Jones joins Nestor to discuss the work on the fields in Owings Mills as the Baltimore Ravens hit the field with a whole new feel under rookie head coach Jesse Minter and a real belief in the Super Bowl possibilities. But, here's what needs to go the right way in August...

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Luke Jones and Nestor discuss Orioles miracle comeback win over Tigers and MLB trade possibilties

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We always learn more about baseball when venerable ESPN insider Tim Kurkjian returns "home" to Baltimore to talk Orioles, ownership and the realities of the MLB labor war escalating. Deadlines, trade talk and the love of the game are all in this one.

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Only those who were here when it was great can remember the three million fans that annually poured into Oriole Park at Camden Yards and how much the baseball team mattered to Baltimore a generation ago. But as the MLB trade deadline and labor wars loom, we welcome Buster Olney of ESPN back "home" for a spirited visit with Nestor to discuss the current realities for David Rubenstein and Michael Arougheti to attempt to lift the franchise back to annual contention and support from the baseball fans of Maryland.

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The first days of the new tenure of rookie head coach Jesse Minter bring a fresh look for everything in Owings Mills as the Baltimore Ravens begin a march toward February dreams of a successful January. But, first, the dog days of July as Luke Jones and Nestor open the doors of purple training camp in Owings Mills with three big areas of concern.

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The pitching of the Baltimore Orioles has been much better than expected and certainly good enough to win most nights over the past two months. But, it's the bullpen that might need the most help and be the hardest to improve as the MLB trade deadline awaits on Monday. Luke Jones and Nestor assess the dealing position of Mike Elias and what might make the Birds buyers or sellers in any specific deal as it appears the franchise will continue to reach for help in a race-to-the-bottom wild card dash in the mediocre American League pennant race.

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Our Pikesville-via-Tampa sportswriter and pal Joel Poiley returns from sunny Florida for an Orioles trade conversation as the phones around Major League Baseball heat up for a tepid pennant race full of American League mediocrity and opportunity? How will Mike Elias react?

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