Purple Dinosaur Podcast

Denver-area guy Tom Ley from Deadspin joins the Jason Hirsh Memorial Edition of the PDP. We'll chat about what it's like to be a Rockies fan working at a national media enterprise plus Coors Field memories, and more.

With the Rockies hitting the road to Miami and Houston, could Jon Gray's debut come on this trip? We discuss in-depth and also review what Eddie Butler's demotion to Albuquerque means.

Plus, for the first time this season, we take your questions for #AskPDP. All that and more on Episode 48!

Top Rockies prospect Jon Gray joins Episode 47 of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast live from Albuquerque where he continues to do stellar work with the Triple-A Isotopes. We'll talk about his 2015 season, the MLB Draft, expectations for the future, and much more.

Surprise, surprise: the Rockies are playing good baseball. We'll discuss what's been going right for Colorado as well as how things stack up moving deeper into the season.

Finally, we've got updates on David Dahl, Justin Morneau, and Jordan Lyles as well as our usual award-contending wit and banter about thrilling topics like the weather and Adam Richman.

Get ready for 60 minutes of Tyler and Anthony listening to themselves spout about the Rockies. (Nothing new.)

This week on the Kent Bottenfield Memorial Edition of the show, we've got an update on top prospect David Dahl after his scary injury on May 28. What does Dahl's surgery and the loss of his 2015 season mean for the outfielder's developmental timetable? 

Plus the Rockies have (seriously) played decent ball lately. We'll have a discussion of Colorado's .500 play over the last two weeks, Troy Tulowitzki's concerning lack of recent plate discipline, praise for some unheralded roleplayers from recent weeks, and much more.

Anthony's in Los Angeles. Tyler's in New York. Istanbul is somewhere in this general area. We're taking the PDP nationwide for the Jhoulys Chacin Memorial Edition.

This week, Fox Sports 1 analyst C.J. Nitkowski joins the show to talk about a range of topics including the Rockies (obviously), the oddity of inexperience in recent Major League managerial hirings, applying foreign substances to baseballs and more. 

Plus, we'll honor David Letterman (since he obviously was craving our approval of his magnificent career), talk Jon Gray, Tyler Matzek, Justin Morneau, the Rockies' rising walk rates and a whole boatload on top of it on this week's show.

It's been 44 episodes (probably 40 of which have included our show-ending joke about Ben Badler coming up next week, but...seriously, Ben Badler is on this week's edition of the show. We'll talk lots of Rockies prospects, Colorado's player development reputation, the future of Cuban baseball, and much more with Baseball America's National Writer.

The Rockies snapped the second-longest losing streak in franchise history last night, and Tulo says he isn't asking for a trade. We'll discuss that and ROOT's tone deaf week on the broadcast. All that and more on the Marvin Freeman Memorial Edition of the PDP!

It's been a rough couple of weeks of Rockies baseball. You're angry. We explain why your anger matters and what it means for the franchise and its fanbase on the Mike Munoz Memorial Edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast.

Colorado's rough stretch and six-game losing streak are on tap for PDP 43. We'll visit with Doug Maurer, radio voice of the Asheville Tourists, to get an update on the Rockies' South Atlantic League affiliate. Plus we're talking other depressing things like Adam Ottavino's Tommy John surgery, the Rockies' upcoming schedule, and 1980s columnists at Denver's lone newspaper.

Oh, and PDP t-shirts are on sale now. Visit bit.ly/purpledinocast to get yours!

It's the biggest edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcast ever, and it's coming to you on PDP 42, the Jackie Robinson Edition.

We're taking a trip to the Rockies' glory days of our childhood with interviews with the man to throw the first pitch in franchise history David Nied, four-time All-Star Dante Bichette, and arguably the franchise's greatest player Larry Walker.

We'll continue our early season run through the Rockies' Minor League affiliates by checking in with Keaton Gillogly, radio voice of a prospect-laden Modesto Nuts team.

Plus music this week from Denver band Rossonian. PDP 42 comin' atcha!

We're campaigning for a nickname for the Rockies' Gold Glove-winning shortstop, D.J. LeMahieu, inspired by World's Greatest Human Being Vin Scully. Hop aboard the bandwagon by using #CallHimHighPockets. We'll explain on this week's show.

The Brian Bohanon Memorial Edition of the PDP has us talking about the Rockies' rebound from their five-game skid. We'll discuss Wilin Rosario's optioning down to Albuquerque, Corey Dickerson's hot start, and more.

Plus New Britain Rock Cats GM Tim Restall and radio voice Jeff Dooley join us to discuss their new affiliation with the Rockies. Oh, and we'll take down some of the requisite trolling from Denver's newspaper.

It's probably safe to say that no one expected a 7-2 start from the Rockies (should be 8-1!) with two road series sweeps, but hey, here we are. This week, we're talking about what has been most impressive about Colorado's hot start and what to look for when things begin to level out.

We'll dive into discussion on some hot starts for Rockies prospects in the minors, too. Trevor Story and Tom Murphy are tearing things up through their first week with New Britain, and Raimel Tapia and Ryan McMahon aren't far behind with Modesto.

Plus, we'll begin our podcasting tour around Colorado's minor league affiliation family with an interview with Albuquerque Isotopes GM John Traub. All that and more coming your way on the Darren Holmes Memorial Edition of the PDP!

It's Opening Day in Denver (FINALLY)! The Rockies are 3-0 after a season-opening sweep on the road at Milwaukee. Seriously. A road series sweep. That happened. Now it's back to face the Cubs and a bro central Opening Day crowd at 20th and Blake.

For the Steve Reed Memorial Edition of the Purple Dinosaur Podcaste're talking on Opening Day Friday with Mike Ferrin of MLB Network Radio. We'll discuss the Rockies' strong showing in Milwaukee, Jorge De La Rosa's rehab outing in Albuquerque, Jon Gray's rough first appearance at Triple-A and MORE. There's always MORE, isn't there? GET PUMPED. OPENING DAY.