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Wayward O hit WNST radio's Web live stream Friday and, it turns out, it was last day or something on radio for Nestor Aparicio who Blog understands based on Nestor's description is owner of Balto. sports radio station and budding sportsyap Internet empire.

It was first time Wayward O had checked in in many moons -- probably two years or so.

Listening to WNST is kind of fun for one main reason: They let callers talk long, talk loud and then talk some more. Dora from Dundalk can have two, three full minutes of air time, if she wishes, to expound upon theory that Peter Angelos likes to kick cats when nobody is looking.

Most radio stations give FanYaps about eight words before they are Cut Off.

Wayward O was impressed and thinks tactic

a) is concerted management decision to let fans have their say or
b) is because station doesn't get that many calls

Maybe both?

Nestor is very energetic man but tends to swing between bouts of self-importance, paranoia, bitterness and nihilism, sometimes in same sentence.

"It is my final show," he said for example, about 3 p.m.-ish, after explaining to listeners that his knowledge of sports is more extensive than that of average fan -- sort of like how an auto mechancic knows cars better than average driver -- and how average fans simply will have to muddle through without him.

"And if you haven't figured it out yet, I don't really care," he added with Nietzchean flair.

Wayward O finds Nestors of World to be interesting people. Their minds work quickly. You can tell they care. And you can see that, beneath bravado, there is real person.

Sometimes though, Nestors of World feel, Wayward O guesses, compelled to "keep it real" or something in ways that are, um, not unlike shooting oneself in foot.

Here is what Nestor had to say about Team, for example, also in 3 p.m. hour: "They're bad people. They do bad things. I don't believe it will ever get fixed."

Presumably he is referring to Team Management and not to players and fans. But it's hard to tell.

Nestor's swansong also was peppered with challenges for haters to call and let him have it. None did while Wayward O was tuned in.

Maybe they weren't listening.

And, sadly, stream mysteriously died right when Jim Duquette started talking about Team.

Wayward O couldn't get stream back ... but promises to check back in soon, maybe in another couple years?

Just kidding. It was just raw enough to check in again and see whether Nestor can keep promise to stop talking.

tejada hits 4-hOle?

ok so Team gets miguel tejada back, to play third, probably spell cesar izturis a few times at short and maybe dh every now and then.

miguel grounds into a lot of double plays, which is bad, yet he doesn't strike out a lot. only 48 Ks in in 635 at bats last year and comparable numbers going back several years.

optimistically his home run total will tweak back up in camden with its section 80-82 porch, which miguel used to love. even if they don't he's gonna put ball in play and get his doubles.

given fact that luke scott and nicky are, ehm, not to be you know mean but, strikeout machines, maybe tejada hits cleanup.

to put it another way: who else is gonna do it?

if matt wieters turns into force this year perhaps he's in four-hole by august. adam jones, too, has cleanup potential, but he's real wild card at this point: mostly he has to stay healthy.

brian roberts
adam jones
nick markakis
miguel tejada
luke scott
matt wieters
felix pie / nolan reimold
garrett atkins
cesar izturis
incidentally it will be interesting to see if miguel gets pissy about number 10, which jones wears. tejada took that to houston. and since his Oakland uni number [4] is retired in Balto. because Earl wore it he can't take that one either. early test for miguel, be cool about uni number!

oh and not that it was alive really in first place but adrian gonzalez deal is dead and he's not coming to Baltzmo in trade now either. ok well it's still possible but 92% less likely.

if Team signs erik bedard, meanwhile, starting five would look like:

bedard
kevin millwood
jeremy guthrie
brad bergesen
brian matusz
that's wayyyy better than last year's. there's at least a 38.4% chance Team doesn't end up in cellar again.

O fights!, part 2

oh this one's a doozy folks!


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