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Tracking the progress of the O’s, Nats through their rebuilds

The Baltimore Orioles are starting to come around after a rough start to their 2022 season, and in Year5 of their seemingly endless rebuild.

The Washington Nationals, three years removed from winning the 2019 World Series, are still early into their rebuild.

The two teams meet for a quick two-game series beginning tonight in Camden Yards.

AFP's Chris Graham and Scott German talk through the two teams' rebuilds.

Fast times at Thunder Valley

Rod Mullins is back from Thunder Valley, which was taken over this past weekend by the NHRA. Top speeds were over the 300 mph mark as temperatures soared. Rod takes us behind the scenes.

We also look back at Daniel Suarez's historic June 12 win in the NASCAR Cup Series, the first-ever Cup Series win for a Mexican-born driver.

The show wraps with a look ahead to this weekend's Cup Series race in Nashville.

Incoming UVA hoops first-year Isaac McKneely

Incoming UVA hoops first-year Isaac McKneely joins "The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" to talk with Jerry and co-host Chris Graham.

McKneely recounts his senior year at Poca High School, which ended with the Dots winning a state championship, and McKneely being named the state player of the year.

He also talks about his pending arrival on Grounds next week, the start of summer school, getting to know his new teammates, and the prospects for the coming season.

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Sixth District Republican primary candidate Merritt Hale

Merritt Hale is challenging Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline for the Republican Party nomination in a June 21 primary.

Hale joins Chris Graham to talk about the race and addresses his positions on several key issues.

Hear from Hale on:

• Health care
• Abortion rights
• Gun violence
• The 2020 election
• Changing the D.C. culture

Learn more about his campaign at www.merritthaleforcongress.com.

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Local City Council races, gun control hearing, UVA-NIL

A former Staunton City Council member is back in the running for a seat on the city body. The Waynesboro mayor is not running for a second term. Crystal Graham hosts and asks AFP editor Chris Graham for background on the latest news in local politics.

Also on the show:

• A House committee heard wrenching testimony on the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde.
• UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong has signed an NIL deal with a local McDonald's franchisee.
• Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg is set to make his 2022 MLB debut.

 

Virginia Baseball lacked pitching, ESPN drops the ball, UVA and NIL

Virginia Baseball's 2022 season came to what feels to be a premature end. Scott German and Chris Graham dive into the reasons why, and it rhymes with "lack of pitching depth."

Scott then goes off on ESPN for its choices with its announcer teams for the college baseball regionals.

The show wraps with a long discussion of the impact that the new football operations center will have on Virginia Football, and how far behind UVA is in terms of NIL.

Joey Logano wins in St. Louis; AEW works around Punk, MJF

Rod Mullins joins "Street Knowledge" to provide analysis of Joey Logano's win in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race in St. Louis. Then host Chris Graham updates the latest news from AEW, focusing on the injury to world champ CM Punk and the controversy over MJF.

A new idea for how to open the college hoops season

Jerry Carter has a novel idea for how to open the college hoops season, modeled on the Duke-Kentucky-Michigan State-Kansas tipoff. Listen as he tries to persuade "Street Knowledge" host Chris Graham that it could work.

Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Jennifer Lewis

Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Jennifer Lewis joins "Street Knowledge" to talk issues: gun control, Medicare for All, education funding, Interstate 81 congestion, education opportunity and more.

How are the Nats doing with the minor-league system rebuild?

Lacy Lusk, the Nationals correspondent for Baseball America, joins "Street Knowledge" to educate us on the progress that the organization is making with the rebuild of its minor-league system.