Purple Dinosaur Podcast

Many people say the first 100 episodes of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast were greater than any first 100 episodes any other podcast has ever done. We've accomplished incredible, incredible things. Our next 100 episodes will be even greater, and it's going to be a spectacular, beautiful, tremendous achievement of love, people. We kick off our second 100 with one of the best minds in baseball, Jonah Ke...

For over three years, you have downloaded, listened, subscribed, rated, reviewed, and encouraged us with this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, Purple Row, social media, and elsewhere. So now that we've made it to the watershed moment that is our 100th episode, we have settled on one thing: it's your fault you still have to deal with this on a weekly basis. But hey, we love you for it! #PDP100 is here,...

Barely over a week into the 2017 campaign, baseball season has come to a close due to the Rockies' first back-to-back losses and Twitter's subsequent reaction. But the good news is they've qualified for a playoff spot, so we'll preview that. PDP 99 is arguably our most unscripted, meandering, stream-of-consciousness episode, and to be honest, while writing this description, I don't even remember h...

The home opener is here. YOUR Colorado Rockies return from their season-opening road trip to Milwaukee on a 3-1 roll behind timely offense and a bullpen that has been -- dare we say -- #good. Now the home tests begin. Denver native Kyle Freeland takes the ball for Friday's home opener against the National League West-champion Dodgers at the ballpark where he grew up attending games. That's pretty...

The 2017 Major League Baseball season is upon us which means it is nearly time to stare into the abyss of our own mortality and wonder why we bother caring about anything when love and happiness are fleeting emotions that will consume and destroy us all. Or HEY MAYBE NOT. The Rockies look like they could be good this year. Seriously. This week on the PDP, we're going long (literally, it's our long...

Hours from first pitch of the United States' first appearance in a World Baseball Classic championship game, Anthony and Tyler are live together in Los Angeles. The guys preview the Americans' matchup with Puerto Rico and discuss the tournament and atmosphere so far through two semifinal games at Dodger Stadium. Also, Nolan Arenado is going to be fine, you clowns. Plus, the Rockies got some rough...

A week into spring training, the Rockies have gotten their first hit of bad news. David Dahl's back is a bigger issue than originally thought, threatening to keep the dreamiest Rockies player off the field for possibly the rest of the Cactus League slate. We'll discuss what that means for Colorado's Opening Day roster and who, if anyone, should play instead of Gerardo Parra if Dahl isn't 100 perce...

Spring training is here and, with it, actual games are on the horizon. This week, Anthony and Tyler go long on the Rockies' strengths and weaknesses as camps open. Colorado's bullpen, one would think, will be decent this season, and after discussing newcomers to the relief corps last episode, the guys discuss returning players who could factor in with pivotal roles in 2017. The Rockies' minor leag...

So the Colorado Rockies' bullpen was historically bad last year. In the interim, they've tried signing players to make it less bad. That, of course, has generated nothing but mockery from many segments of the media, both local and national. In this week's edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, we break down how the Rockies' relief corps could be (gasp!) improved in 2017 because of the additions o...

The Purple Dinosaur Podcast returns for 2017, much to your dismay. This week, we're talking Ian Desmond and how we were pretty positive we'd be talking way more than just Ian Desmond by January 3rd. But hey, we're not. Ian Desmond may well be the Rockies' starting first baseman on Opening Day, so I guess we all start getting used to that idea. What does it mean for the club, and what does it say a...

Two years after we brought Craig Goldstein onto the show to preview his family's monumental pie collection for Thanksgiving 2014, he returns with a recap of Thanksgiving 2016. We'll discuss what almond substances are best use to adhere filings to crust, what a "black bottom" pie is, and other pie-related things. Also, we talk a few crumbs -- ;) ;) ;) -- of baseball with Craig, since he works for B...

The Rockies are headed into the meat of the offseason with a new manager. Former Padres skipper Bud Black will take the reins for 2017, making him the seventh manager in Rockies history and second with a name that's some type of variation on "Bud" somehow. On this week's edition of the show, we discuss the hire and what it means for the organization. With Black's experience as a manager, pitching...

The Walt Weiss Era has come to an end in Colorado. That's the big topic of discussion for Episode 89 of your favorite Colorado Rockies podcast. Who will Weiss' replacement be? What's his legacy as a manager? What does the move mean for Jeff Bridich? Also, David John LeMahieu won a National League batting title this week, which of course was cause for the Denver sports media to dump all over him an...

Jorge De La Rosa's days as a Colorado Rockies pitcher are likely done. So are those of the Class A Advanced Modesto Nuts as a Rockies affiliate on the farm. First, we discuss DLR's complicated legacy. For nine seasons, he's been the Rockies' most consistent presence on the mound and has done things at Coors Field that no other pitcher has accomplished. Yet at 35, he leaves a Rockies team with a pi...

After a couple weeks away, the Purple Dinosaur Podcast returns to talk Colorado Rockies baseball and finds itself stunned that the Rockies have only gone 9-10 since the last episode of this podcast. That's strange because it feelsl ike they've gone 0-the century. This week, we're back to talk about Colorado's continued struggles against bad teams with Episode 87 coming on the heels of a thrilling...

You asked for it, and here it is. Tyler's traveling this week and Anthony's -- I dunno -- probably doing something, too. So no regular PDP for the final week of August. HOWEVA, for the first (and probably only) time, we're bringing you a throwback edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast with one of our most sought-after interviews. Back in the early days of the PDP, the world of podcasts was the Wi...

The Purple Dinosaur Podcast returns with not one but TWO (2) conversations this week, and you don't want to miss either of 'em. Top 2016 Colorado Rockies draft selection Riley Pint talks to Tyler from Grand Junction where he dishes on his first season in pro ball, Pioneer League road trips, what he's most excited about for his first professional offseason, and more. Plus Nick Stellini of Baseball...

The Purple Dinosaur Podcast returns to talk about a Colorado Rockies team that has fallen mostly out of the playoff picture. It's probably because we all noticed and started talking about it. Dang. But hey! Still things to get excited about. Doug Maurer, friend of the PDP and radio voice of the Class A Asheville Tourists, joins this week's edition of the show to talk about the Tourists' 2016 seaso...

Yeah, that Nolan! Colorado Rockies third baseman and three-time Gold Glove Award winner Nolan Arenado joins this week's show to talk about playing meaningful games in August, the future of the franchise, being a leader at just 25, and more. We'll break down a rough week of Rockies baseball, including the mighty struggles of the bullpen in crucial games of late, but also give you reasons to feel po...

Holy cow, you guys, the Colorado Rockies are playoff contenders in August of 2016. How did we get here? How long will it last? What will our crushing depression do to us in the inevitable event that they don't win the World Series? On the 83rd episode of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, we attempt to answer all those questions and more. Jon Gray and Tyler Anderson have been eye-openers. How? David Dah...

Last season, the Colorado Rockies won their 49th game to pull within 21 games of an even record at 49-70. Last night, they won their 49th to pull to 49-52. Progress is here, and its name is Jon Gray. Actually Jon Gray is just one of many pieces, and we'll discuss his ace-like performance for 2016, David Dahl, the Rockies' successes in pitching -- and winning -- on the road this season and much mor...

Nearing August, the Colorado Rockies are falling out of any sort of meaningful conversation in the 2016 season which is basically what we all expected. But hey, that's not necessarily a bad thing. In the 81st edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast, Anthony and Tyler break down what a selling mindset could mean for the Rockies as the MLB non-waiver trade deadline approaches on August 1. Plus Purple...

Bobby DeMuro is one of the scribes at noted Rockies $hill site Purple Row, and he was so kind as to join us for the 80th edition of this noted Rockies $hill podcast. Inside, you'll find all kinds of goodies about the Modesto Nuts, like Tyler Matzek's journey through rediscovering himself, top prospects such as Dom Nunez and Forrest Wall, and more. Plus, Bobby reveals if he'd rather fight 100 duck-...

We recorded a really good version of this episode today until we got finished with it and realized that the recording didn't work. So what you're getting is the shorter, probably not-quite-as-good edition of this week's edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast. Consider yourselves lucky. JUST KIDDING, we've got a ton on the show for you this week, our first episode back after a three-week hiatus due...

We recorded the 78th episode of this Colorado Rockies baseball podcast prior to the official word coming down about the Rockies' decision on Jose Reyes. And in this episode, we explain all the options laid out before the Rockies and why they would likely not DFA him. And then they DFA'd him. ¯\_(?)_/¯ Nobody ever accused us of being smart. But HEY, there's lots of other fun stuff in this episode i...