Purple Dinosaur Podcast

Well, here we are. The trade deadline is in the books. The Rockies are in last place. Apathy seems to be rampant among people who headed into this season full of hope that the Rockies would finally capture their first National League West championship in franchise history. There is major unrest in fans' perception of the front office. The clock is ticking on Nolan Arenado's post-2021 opt-out possi...

We've missed out on recording two out of the last three weeks, but it turns out that the Rockies have been playing absolutely terrible baseball, so maybe it was for the best. On this week's episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, we begin with the news that former Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has announced his retirement from the game of baseball. We look back on Tulo's complicated legacy as...

Your friendly neighborhood Colorado Rockies podcast is back and better than ever*! (*offer may not be valid or true) After our one week All-Star/illness hiatus, the PDP returns to get you set for the start of the second half. The Rockies floundered their way into the break on a six-game losing streak and now find three teams ahead of them in the National League West. Not only that, but the Trade D...

Let's be honest: the Rockies' loss to the Dodgers on Thursday was frustrating. Their three-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers last week -- on three straight walk-off losses -- was infuriating. They've lost an outlandish amount of ground in the National League West race and may well be playing for just another one-game playoff to decide their postseason fate in 2019. But nobody cares about that...

The PDP is back for another week and with a new hosting service that means you might be listening to us on Spotify or a whole bunch of other places! And if you are, we thank you for doing so. And if you're not, why are you reading this? That seems like a weird use of your time. Anywho, on this week's episode of the show, we discuss the Rockies latest (!) sweep of the D-backs which runs Colorado's...

With a Thursday night win over the Padres, your, my, and our Colorado Rockies have won 11 of their last 12 games at home and continue pushing themselves into second place in the National League West. A lot of stuff has been going right as of late. Charlie Blackmon is back to being Charlie Blackmon. Peter Lambert has been a terrific addition to the rotation -- albeit through just two starts. And it...

The PDP returns for another week of Colorado Rockies baseball and hopefully will actually upload to your podcast feeds on time this week! Today, we're discussing a bunch of different things in a shorter period of time because Anthony had to go to work. But maybe that'll actually be good because we had to stay on topic rather than doing, you know, like a normal version of this show. Peter Lambert h...

With six wins in the first seven games of a 10-game homestand, your, my, and our Colorado Rockies are back over the .500 mark for the first time since they were 2-1 starting the season in Miami. And the way they've gotten there? It's not...entirely clear. The offense has been good! The pitching has been not so good! But sometimes the pitching has been good and the offense has been not so good! Wha...

The Rockies have played pretty middle-of-the-road ball as of late. After starting the season nine games under the .500 mark through their first 15 games, they're five over ever since. Still, there isn't a lot going great at the moment, and there isn't a lot going terribly. On this week's episode of your favorite Colorado Rockies podcast, we discuss this strange road trip, the Rockies' recent strug...

We had already planned to record the 166th episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast on Thursday morning, and then we went into CRAZY HYPER URGENT MODE when the news broke that top Rockies prospect Brendan Rodgers is reportedly headed to the big leagues on Friday. What does it all mean, Basil? We'll look at what Rodgers' brilliant start to the 2019 season with Triple-A Albuquerque means, how the Rock...

On this week's edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, Anthony and Tyler are in the same location where they are joined by Anthony's wife, Nicole, and Tyler's dog, Laika! Thanks to the folks at Chain Reaction Brewing Company, who unwittingly hosted this episode and provided no resources for it but still served us some delicious beverages for Episode 165. The Rockies are coming off an insane win ov...

Your, my, and our Colorado Rockies return from a seven-game road trip to open up a nine-game homestand this weekend at Coors Field, and they do so at 15-17 overall this year. Last year at this point? They were 17-15. So basically, what we're saying, is that 3-12 start to the year that had us all tearing our hair out and losing our minds has meant virtually nothing. It also means that they're trend...

Your favorite Colorado Rockies podcast is back for another week, and your favorite baseball team looks like a real baseball team again! After nabbing the series finale over the Nationals on Wednesday, the Rockies have now won eight of their last 10 games since a 3-12 start. Some of the reasons behind that include: a resurgent Nolan Arenado, Raimel Tapia discovering himself as an everyday player, a...

For the first time this season, we bring you an episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast with your, my, and our Colorado Rockies on a winning streak. After literally the worst start in franchise history, the Rockies have now won three games in a row and return home playing their best ball of the young season. Nolan Arenado is finally getting his bat going, belting homers over his last three games, a...

It's probably no stretch to say that this is the worst start to a season in Colorado Rockies franchise history, and that's because of one thing: expectations. It's also cool that SCIENCE released the first pictures ever taken of a black hole this week because that's pretty much what the 2019 baseball season has felt like so far. FEAR NOT, loyal listener! Things will (maybe?) be fine (or they might...

Baseball returns to the Greatest Place on Earth (TM), Coors Field this weekend! That is the salve that cures all wounds which is good because the Rockies offense looked rather wounded the last week in Florida. It wasn't what you would call a great road trip through Miami and Tampa, but it also wasn't the abject disaster it felt like at one point. The Rockies will come home to Denver at 3-4 and get...

Another season of baseball is upon us. The winds and cold of a winter past are behind us, and the green grass and blue skies of the summer await. At least until, like, mid-April when some annoying blizzard forces the Rockies to postpone a couple of games but whatever. The 2019 PDP Season Preview Episode is here! We'll break down the Rockies roster position-by-position and give our thoughts on how...

On this week's episode of your favorite Colorado Rockies podcast, we talk a whole lot of baseball-related things that aren't even the Colorado Rockies! Either we are sorry or you're welcome. This week's topics include Mike Trout's insane extension and a larger conversation about the changing economic realities of the game that have led to things like contract extensions for young stars such as Bla...

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Yes, Manny Machado is now a Padre. Yes, one or two or three National League West teams are still in on Bryce Harper. Despite it all, Anthony and Tyler are oddly upbeat in the latest episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. On this week's edition of the show, we dive into Machado's deal and what it could mean for Nolan Arenado's extension situation with the Rockies. Plus the Padres are obviously a b...

Less than a month remains until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, and YOUR Colorado Rockies have made one big (?) offseason move in signing noted controversy-free second baseman Daniel Murphy. In addition to not being a polarizing guy at all, he's going to be asked to play first base in Colorado, apparently, a position where he doesn't have aw hole ton of experience. So that's a thi...

You, the loyal PDP fan, have been clamoring for a new episode in recent weeks, so here we are. And it's great to be here to talk about...??????? The Rockies have done nothing but hire a hitting coach and acquire a couple of minor league catchers so far this offseason, so we'll attempt to make some lemonade out of those lemons. But really though, what is the plan for this offseason? Will Jeff Bridi...

The 2018 Rockies season came to an end in disappointing fashion last week, and after taking some time to cool down, the PDP returns for its annual postmortem. We'll look back on the National League Division Series and try to dissect what went wrong against the Milwaukee Brewers. There isn't much left to discuss about the NLDS, though, so this episode is a forward-looking one. The 2018 Rockies seas...

Welp, here we are again. Come Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies will -- yet again -- be playing for their 2018 lives after dropping their first two games of the National League Division Series in Milwaukee. To get you set for Game 3 at Coors Field, we've got a fiery PDP. It'll start with us yelling to (and with...and at) you about some of the terrible takes regarding this Rockies offense. Col...

For the first time in the PDP Era, as all things are and should be measured, the Rockies are on to a real postseason series, and what a way to get here. Kyle Freeland starred for 6 2/3 innings, Tony Wolters (!) (!!!) (Tony Wolters!) came through with a two-out, go-ahead single in the top of the 13th, and the Rockies took down the Chicago Cubs in Wrigley Field to punch their tickets to the National...