Purple Dinosaur Podcast

Anthony and Tyler thought they should do a podcast from Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, aaaaaaaaand that's about as far as they thought. There's some rambling in here about David Dahl, Ryan McMahon, and Raimel Tapia and who will be with the team on Opening Day (if anyone). Plus there's a bunch of stuff in here about the atmosphere of the Cactus League and what games during the month of March. Also at some point, a kid just starts FREAKING OUT CRYING, you guys. Seriously, he cries for like 20 minutes of this 35-minute podcast. It's ridiculous. We mock him at some point even though, you know, he's a helpless child who didn't deserve any of that. We're just terrible people.Plus we'll talk about when is a good time to start seeing steps forward from the pitching staff.That's about all.It's the 125th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast! Rub it between your hands and apply liberally to avoid a sunburn!

Spring training baseball games are underway, and with that, the 2018 season is basically here. The Rockies are set to head into the new year putting the weighty responsibility of their starting first base on Friend of the Podcast™ Ryan McMahon. We love Ryan McMahon. Would the Rockies be well served to have a security blanket at that position, however? We'll discuss.Plus, the pitching staff is NOT a source of tremendous worry heading into the 2018 season which seems like the first time in franchise history that sentence has ever been uttered. Who are the early spring surprises, and who are some names to keep an eye on going into the new season? We'll discuss that, too!It's the 124th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Run it under some cool water and watch it grow into a sponge!

It's been a weird offseason for Major League Baseball, so Tyler and Anthony decided to make yours worse by saddling you with a new episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. In this week's hallowed walls, we'll dive into some of the discussion behind the cold (read: frozen) free agent market and what it could mean for labor peace in the big leagues.Plus, Larry Walker didn't make the Hall of Fame. You knew that already. But he *should* be a Hall of Famer, and we'll discuss why.There's also something in here about dreams regarding the death of the Notorious B.I.G. and some other random nonsense regarding minor leaguers from the early 2010s and stuff. It's basically all the things you've come to know and expect from us. It's the 123rd episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast! Marinate it overnight and toss it into a nice stew!

It is now the Year of our Nolan 2018, and that is just preposterous. We welcome in the new year -- perhaps the last in human existence based on how things are going! -- with an all-new PDP. The Rockies are building the most formidible bullpen in franchise history, capped off by last week's signing of Wade Davis. What does it say about the state of the team and its leadership under Jeff Bridich? And with all this money going to pitchers, where will the Rockies find funding for their next party deck SMDH CHEAPFARTSWe field a whole host of #AskPDP questions in this episode from which Rockies player we'd like to be stranded on an island with to if Anthony's wife considered leaving him after being forced to spend Christmas in Wyoming. It's all inside! It's the 122th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast! Climb into a box and ship yourself to Mexico with it!

It's Thanksgiving Week, so you know what that means for the ol' PDP. Craig Goldstein from Baseball Prospectus joins the show to dive headlong into his epic annual #PieNight spectacular. Craig's #PieNight2017 features some old favorites as well as bold new entrants into the Goldstein pie orbit. We'll cover it all.Plus, as with any episode with Craij, we talked for about an hour and covered topics from why Adrien Brody is banned from hosting Saturday Night Live to the Braves' substantial punishment from Major League Baseball for their transgressions on the international market.Finally, we wind down this week's episode with what we're most thankful for in the world of the Rockies and baseball. Maybe you made the list! You probably didn't. But you could have! Maybe you did! Odds are...no. But it's a possibility! Better tune in and find out. And as always, wherever you found us, we appreciate you tuning in and downloading and subscribing and rating and reviewing and all of that. We love you guys! Happy Thanksgivin

The 2017 Major League Baseball offseason is here and with it comes the 120th edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Our fearless heroes dive in this week with why Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon were snubbed in National League Most Valuable Player recognition (COORS) and why that same snubbing reason doesn't also give credit to pitchers who succeed at Coors Field.Plus, the baseball world and the Denver baseball community lost a titan on Tuesday with the death of two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay. We'll give our thoughts on Halladay's career and his Hall of Fame chances.#AskPDP returns in a major way with some terrific questions from you, loyal listener. We'll discuss beers to get you through the offseason, the prospects of the Rockies going after certain free agents, how to pronounce "crayon" and more.It's Episode 120 of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Use it to light your candle at your shrine of honor to retired Purple Row giant Bryan Kilpatrick!

The Rockies' 2017 season is over with a bummer of a National League Wild Card Game loss to the D-backs, and that stinks. But you know what doesn't stink? The lessons of the 2017 season as a whole. For the last few years, 2017 looked like the year that could open the window to a strong run for the Rockies, and it played out that way. That's a positive no matter how you slice it. And we as members of the Rockies' Always Rational And Measured Online Fan Brigade are nothing if not positive.As we look back on the Wild Card Game, we'll dive into what went wrong with Jon Gray, what the comeback(s) said about the Rockies as a club, the controversy/non-controversy over the D-backs' Apple Watch shenanigans, and more.The offseason is on the horizon and coming up fast. The Rockies have decisions to make on a lot of key guys heading into free agency. Who's going and who's staying?Plus half the League Championship Series field is set. Since the D-backs put up one heck of a fight in the Division Series, the Dodgers are the

For the first time since we started this plucky little podcast -- the first and greatest Rockies podcast in history -- four seasons ago, the Colorado Rockies are headed to the Major League Baseball Postseason. Sure, it's only one guaranteed game. Sure, it's in Phoenix. Sure, it's against a team they've already played 19 times this year. None of that matters, you wet blanket. It's the playoffs, and the Rockies are in it.The first playoff edition of the PDP required the greatest episode in PDP history, and we are confident we have brought our A-game in that effort for you, dear listener. This episode is packed. You'll hear from Rockies ace and Wednesday's Wild Card Game starter Jon Gray. You'll hear from reliever Mike Dunn, who said he wanted to sign with the Rockies for just these moments. You'll hear from Kyle Freeland and Bud Black and Charlie Blackmon and you'll listen back to how things sounded a year ago with the heart and soul of these Rockies, Nolan Arenado.The D-backs are on tap, and we've got the auth

Holy smokes, apparently Nicole is really going to go through with this! Anthony's getting married to a good and decent human woman on Saturday! So on Thursday, we sat in the Arizona sun and sweated our faces off to basically bring you a podcast consisting of content along the lines of "hope the Rockies win." There isn't a whole lot left to say about the 2017 baseball season heading into its final 10 days. At this stage, they just need to win. Doesn't make for much exciting podcast material...BUT!We find some anyway. Anthony puts together a lineup of himself, Nicole, and his eight groomsmen (Tyler is the three-hole hitter but is relegated to DH). We also dive headlong into the Rockies' new videoboard and the issue of fan safety and expanded netting at Coors Field. It's the 117th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Stuff it into a tuxedo and walk down an aisle with it!

This time last week, we would not have been expecting to talk about a 6-2 Rockies road trip through Los Angeles and Phoenix that started with a six-game winning streak and a sweep of the Dodgers, but here we are. The Rockies may well have saved their 2017 season over the last eight days, provided they don't screw the pooch over the final two weeks against mediocre opponents. We'll discuss what went right in Hollywood and the desert and how the Rockies may be able to sustain it.There are still, as Anthony eloquently put it, "areas of concern" with this club. Behind Jon Gray, who gets a nod in a postseason series should the Rockies make it that far? That's a muddled picture at the moment, but we'll discuss it anyway.Plus, Carlos Gonzalez status: COULD ACTUALLY BE HEATING UP. We'll talk about the Rockies star's turnaround, the possible reasons behind it, and its impact on the playoff chase. It's the 116th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Get it from a vending machine and put it into your backpack for late

We know you've been waiting a while for a return of the PDP, so here it is, with some international flavo[u]r. Tyler is off in Canada broadcasting some U18 World Cup baseball while Anthony is in the final run-up to his wedding day, but nothing is more stressful than the Rockies, who are doing everything they can to hand away a Wild Card berth while heading into the most crucial road trip of the year. We'll discuss why the team in the most offensively friendly ballpark in Major League Baseball history can't score runs and what can be done about it.Plus, some good news: nobody else seems to want to make the playoffs in that second Wild Card spot, either. So with that in mind, we'll look at the weeks ahead and why (hopefully) there are reasons to not lose hope.It's the 115th episode of the PDP. Drizzle some gravy and cheese curds on it and fry it up real good!

The Rockies' most inspiring story hit its highest point so far when cancer-slaying hero Chad Bettis returned to the Coors Field mound on Monday and turned in seven shutout innings. It felt so much bigger than baseball to so many, and we'll attempt to break down our thoughts from that day.Plus, Bettis's return gives the Rockies something they have to be thrilled with right now: a full -- and strong-- starting rotation. With Bettis, Kyle Freeland, Jon Gray, Jeff Hoffman and German Marquez forming the group, Colorado now has its most talented arms lined up 1-5 and can utilize Antonio Senzatela and Tyler Chatwood in more clearly defined relief roles.With that, we acknowledge that the pitching staff has in fact been good this year. The offense has not been so. We'll discuss how things could improve in that area and what it means that the Rockies have played barely-above-.500 ball against arguably the weakest portion of their schedule.Plus we're sure there's other stuff in here that you'll like listening to! That m

Thursday on Twitter, we invited you to submit your #AskPDP questions for this week's show, and boy oh boy, did you come through. You came through so much, in fact, that we decided this week's show would be nothing but your #AskPDP queries.We run the gamut of Rockies topics from why Raimel Tapia isn't an everyday player to how Pat Neshek's delivery makes him effective. Plus we dissect how "player to be named later" deals work, who the worst actor was to ever play a baseball player in a movie, who the best Rockies player to spoon with would be and more.It's a weird episode. But a fun one! The 113th edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast: boil it down and make a nice soup with it!

With the Major League Baseball trade deadline in the rear view mirror, the PDP returns to review the movess the Rockies made -- and didn't make. Pat Neshek and Jonathan Lucroy seem good! The fact that the Rockies didn't overspend for someone else also seems good! What does it all mean going toward the stretch run? Who knows, man. Life is an incredible tapestry of mystery.Tyler Chatwood got the start for the Rockies on Wednesday and was...not good. Are there any ways Colorado can reduce his amount wof work at Coors Field (where he's struggled mightily) while still getting him starts on the road (where he's been very good)? We'll discuss.Last but not least, Carlos Gonzalez is riding the world's weirdest 11-game hitting streak. Is it a sign that, as we've been told since April, HE'S HEATING UP? Probably not, but it's a possibility! Or maybe it isn't. But it's better than 11 games with no hits which is what it's felt like for the majority of the year.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is just three days away, and YOUR Colorado Rockies have already made a pretty impressive move, acquiring All-Star reliever Pat Neshek at not-too-high a cost. What will the next few days look like, and how will the roster stack up come Tuesday?Enough of that craziness, let's get to the stuff you're excited to hear. Rockies prospect Ryan McMahon joins this week's edition of the show to talk about his blistering hot start with Triple-A Albuquerque, learning new infield positions, and why he had to spend a lengthy part of Friday morning sitting in the sun outside the drive-thru of an Albuquerque Starbucks. (Sorry, Ryan.)Plus, how long can the Rockies afford to keep a struggling Carlos Gonzalez in the lineup? It's...not fun. But we'll discuss. It's all on this week's edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast! Fire up your monster truck and leap over it!

We didn't forget about you over the last few weeks, but we apologize for the layoff. Either way, the PDP is back! Lucky you. This week, we're diving into a Rockies team that has played better ball since their homestand before the All-Star Break (although it would be hard to have played worse than they did in the losing streak leading up to that). The MLB trade deadline looms. What will the Rockies do? What *should* the Rockies do? What would you be willing to part with to reel in a contributing big league component to this roster, and is it all worth it while the Rockies play for a window of contention that lasts well beyond 2017? All that and more is on this week's PDP. Load it into your printer and fire out some missives with it!

Things have not been what you, the viewing public, would call "good" lately for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. Losing is afoot. Is the dreaded June swoon finally rearing its head to sink the early season good fortunes of the strong baseball men in purple? Eh, probably not. Sometimes teams play like garbage for a couple of weeks. The 2007 Rockies went 1-9 on a road trip and lost eight straight and still went to the World Series. Whaddaya want from me?We'll discuss why it's too early to FREAK THE HECK OUT about what's going on with this losing streak. There are things to be concerned about (we'll discuss those too), but the overall trend is still very much up for this team.Plus, a REAL journalist joins the show! Jonathan McNicol of WNPR in Connecticut joins us to talk about his podcast, "The Second First Season" which is currently following the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats through their first season in Hartford and second season in existence.It's the 109th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast.

So this whole three-team race thing doesn't seem to be going anywhere, yeah? It's nearly the end of June, and YOUR Colorado Rockies are caught in one heck of a battle with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles for first place in the National League West. This week, we're diving into the heat of the race with D-backs pre- and postgame host and one of your favorites on MLB Network Radio, Mike Ferrin. We'll discuss the most recent couple of Diamondbacks-Rockies games, which we don't really *want* to do but do anyway, plus why these teams are built for sustainable success, the Coors vs. Chase debate, why there are so many more homers in the big leagues this year, and more.Nolan Arenado is superhuman. You already knew that, but Sunday's walk-off blast to complete the cycle took him to another level. We'll discuss Nolan's greatness and what it means for the franchise.Plus #AskPDP is back with questions ranging from possible trade targets to al dente pasta and more. It's the 108th episo

The Rockies won a baseball game Thursday night in which their bullpen blew a lead of eight (8) runs with three (3) innings to play. Generally, that approach is not good, but it worked last night. While the walk-off celebration was fun for everyone who wasn't Giants broadcaster Jon Miller, did it unmask a soft underbelly in this Colorado bullpen that's been so strong this year? And, if so, should you be worried? And, if you should be worried, what can the Rockies do to address the situation upon the returns of Jon Gray and Tyler Anderson and potentially Chad Bettis? And just how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Rly makes u think.Denver sports radio host Renaud Notaro joins the show this week to discuss what it's like being a Denver sports radio personality who actually knows and loves and understands and talks about baseball. Beyond his thoughts on the 2017 Rockies, Renaud also tells us what it's like the be the older brother of one of the greatest standup comedians on the planet

In case you've ever wondered what it's like to attend a Rockies game with Tyler and Anthony, wonder no more. In a lengthy full inning of Wednesday's victory over Cleveland, the guys flipped on the ol' recorder and had at it. There are some thoughts about the Rockies in here. There's some cheering. There's a replay review to determine the outcome of a play we called correctly live from atop The Rooftop, like 500 feet away but an umpire at gorund level missed. (Replay got it right, by the way.) And there are passersby yelling profanities of one kind or another.It's avant-garde PDP! Get into it!