Blake Street Banter

Late night reactions after hearing the news Nolan was traded to the NL Central St. Louis Cardinals.  The Rockies are a mess, we still love Nolan, and quite frankly, We. Are. Sad.

  Hot Stove!? More like.........Cold Stove amiright? We get together to just chat about the current state of all things in Rockies world and baseball in general. The Hall of Fame vote is behind us and Spring Training is right around the corner. We needed to vent about the Front Office, discuss the rumor mill and bring some interesting signings that could signal the Rockies game plan for...

We sat down with the "Voice of the Yard Goats", Jeff Dooley. As the lead play-by-play announcer for your Colorado Rockies Double-A affiliate Hartford Yard Goats, Jeff shares his insights into our national past-time and what it was like watching our boys before they hit Blake Street. Jeff shares with us the grind that is being a broadcaster and how a Michael Cuddyer homerun quite literally saved a...

Now that the MLB tender deadline has passed, we dissect some moves the Rockies front office somehow thought were good ideas in our new segment "Big Mad or Little Mad".    The relationship between fans and ownership has reached a fever pitch of apathy, anger and perplexity. Smelling blood in the water, Dodgers fans are actively weighing in on the interactions, or lack of interactions, bet...

We sat down with Denver baseball savant Matthew Repplinger to discuss his unique journey with our national pastime. Matthew is one of the most accomplished amateur baseball managers in Denver. As a researcher, he has written about the distinctive history of baseball in the metro area in his book “Baseball in Denver”. When he is not winning amateur championships, Matthew is passing time at Pro Posi...

We hand out awards to the standouts on the Rockies this year.  Bullpen, Starter, Offense, Defense, and MVP.   We talk about what we WANT to see this off season and what we EXPECT this offseason from "thou that should not be named". And SUPER EARLY 2021 season predictions!!! ------------------------- 🚨🚨 Follow us on Social Media 🚨🚨 https://twitter.com/blakestbanter https://www.in...

We recorded this before game one of the Giants series, before the Nolan to the IL news.  Rockies fans have hope again, but one of us would rather go 0-8 than 8-0.  We breakdown if Jon Gray is good....HE IS!!!  Time will tell if we won the Givens and Pillar trade and we show love to Cousin Fuentes once again!!!! ------------------------- 🚨🚨 Follow us on Social Media 🚨🚨 https://tw...

James shouts out the DH. Aaron calls out the Dodgers for whining all the time. Kirk discusses the Rays being the Rays and starting an entire lineup of lefties.

Live recording during game 1 vs Oakland. Different perspective this time around.   ---Angel series highlights while we discuss why are we watching. ---Josh Fuentes is good. Deal with it.  ---Superstars across the league are struggling.  ---Not all of us have given up but its a rough time right now.  ---We discuss when the season was over for us--- We end it with a Fandom d...

We got swept by the Padres...after winning in LA....we're conflicted. We are over Bridich. What is Nolan, Story and Blackmon's future in Colorado....what makes fans happy?  Angels are coming to town, star studded line up but a winnable series. TWIB - we discuss Kershaw and Roberts comments about Extra Innings, Braves. Went. Off. and Clemente was an all around solid dude. ---------------------...

We BEAT LA!!!  LETS GO!!!!!  We believe that bullpen implosions will still happen. Family really does make things better...our Fuentes and Nolan theory. We discuss Padres series and a "This Week in Baseball" towards the end!  Fun game to play, take a drink every time we reference Major League. --------------------------------------------------------------------- (0:30) - WE BEAT LA!...

We discuss the trade deadline moves. Talked ourselves into believe the Pillar trade was a good one. We use a fun scale to dtermine if Nolan is happy. Padres series recap and Big Media Rants.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  (0:25) - Trade Deadline 2020 Discussion (0:50) - Mychal Givens was a steal (2:10) - We okay with losing...

Loaded episode of clips and highlights. Diamondbacks Series takeaways and Padres preview. We spend the last 15 minutes discussing possible trades Bridich should make...Salvador and Holland? Kela? Will Harris? -------- (0:20) - Guest Appearance from Pat, our new numbers guy (0:45) - Diamondbacks Series, wild game 1 (1:15) - Calhoun is playing soccer while the rest of us are playing baseball (1:45)...

The Los Angeles Dodgers dominated us once again, we hate LA. There are players to be excited about and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel!  Sammy HillYARD, RyMac is still RyBac. James believes Nado was out of line in the off season, what are some possible trades. We preview the DBacks series coming up, big series! We each share our best sports moment.  Listen, SUBSCRIBE, follo...

What is happening with the Rockies!!  Before we get to the Rox in this episode we cover this crazy week in baseball, from firing announcers to unwritten rules and umps inserting themselves into the game. We review the Astros series...what is happening to the ROX!! We preview the Dodgers series, who to watch for, Rusin v Turner from a few years ago.  Fun episode!!!  Listen, SUBSCRIBE...

We dive into the doom and gloom of our bullpen, Respect Lance Lynn's game, discuss Tapia and McMahon being back, what do we do with our BULLPEN, Scott Oberg will be okay, discuss the Astros being punks, talk baseball fights with visuals, and giveyou an update on Charlie Blackmon's batting average. -- What do you think of the new layout?  Comment below. (0:23) - Pitching staff made us drink (2...

The episode starts with a response to MLB Statcast writer, Mike Petriello's tweet stating that "Charlie Blackmon wouldn't do this if he didn't play in Coors. We then review the Diamondbacks series and what we are concerned with now and look ahead to the 3 game stint against the Rangers. (0:20) - Mike Petriello's tweet (1:10) - James starts his argument  (3:20) - Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu,...

We cover the Mariners season, discuss the Nado benching, preview the DBacks series and discuss the Rockies future. (0:25) - Seattle Mariners Series recap(0:30) - Arenado sat game 3 discussion(3:10) - Ryan Castellani love!(4:42) - Charlie Blackmon hitting streak talk and highlights(6:32) - Asterisk Season talk(7:15) - Garrett Hampson the new leadoff?(8:52) - Hot Takes for the Arizona series(10:18)...

Rockies just won the series against the Giants. Did our HOT TAKES stay HOT? What to watch for in Seattle. Is Matt Kemp MVP?? (0:59) - Grandma Apology (1:38) - San Fransisco Giants Series Discussion (5:33) - Kyle Freeland discussion (7:23) - SF Giant Hot Take Update (10:33) - Squeeky Toy (11:04) - Yastrzemski shoutout (11:17) - Bryan Shaw discussion (13:33) - Mariners Series Preview, Kyle Lewis (16...

With the Giants hitting Blake Street, we are concerned that Nolan isn’t being Nolan. With the bullpen in flux, who gets the saves? (1:04) - Hot Take 1: Pitching Staff (1:10) - Wade Davis discussion (5:30) - Is Jairo Diaz the answer? Almonte? Bard? (8:58) - Shaw's cajones(9:22) - Are we worried about Nolan? (10:52) - Quick COVID talk (11:05) - Daniel Murphy and Matt Kemp, is Kemp our new favorite p...