Purple Row Radio - 5/18/12

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Purple Row Radio! On this edition, while Andrew fends off wild animals in Switzerland, Paul and I discuss the following topics and more:

- The current state of the Rockies and why we're both surprised people developed such high expectations for 2012.
- What exactly was the team's plan this offseason, and what do we see it as going forward?
- How do the issues reflected upon this 2012 squad reflect upon the team's front office?
- With the array of young pitching in our possession, what do we expect to become of these players in the near future?
- Dexter Fowler's 2012, and his development as a player overall.


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Purple Row Radio - 5/11/12

Welcome back to Purple Row Radio. On this edition, Andrew, Paul and I are joined once again by former Rockies minor league pitcher Craig Baker. As a friend and peer of Christian Friedrich, Baker has lots of insight on the newest Rockies pitcher, who made his MLB debut on Wednesday. Even better, he actually got to watch the game, while the rest of us were stuck with audio, if anything at all.

Listen as we discuss the following topics and more:
- Craig discusses his impressions, positive and negative, of Friedrich's start, and breaks down his overall skills as a pitcher.
- What does Craig think might have been holding Friedrich back over the past couple of years? What sorts of injury concerns did he have in 2010?
- Craig reveals tons of fascinating information on the relationship the front office has with the minor league players, how they formulate their opinions on them at a distance, and how that can lead to misconceptions of a player's character.
- We discuss what is going to happen to Friedrich in the near future, as the returns of Jeremy Guthrie, Jorge De La Rosa and perhaps eventually Jhoulys Chacin will soon be sending at least two more youngsters back down.
- A breakdown of what situations might lead to Jamie Moyer being sent to the bullpen or released.
- Andrew's upcoming vacation.


One other note: the quality of this episode is a bit lower than normal. Both my normal production and post-production processes went through version changes and other randomness this week, so give me some time to adjust and hopefully the sound will be back to normal soon


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Purple Row Radio - 5/4/12

Welcome back to Purple Row Radio! On this edition, Andrew, Paul and I discuss the following topics and more:

- Recap of the month of April, and some of the early stories of the season.
- The differences between line drives and fly balls.
- Carlos Gonzalez' amazing week.
- The demotion of Jhoulys Chacin, and who could replace him (we learned about Carlos Torres taking the job after we recorded this)
- Rex Brothers, and how he should he handled in this time of struggle.


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Purple Row Radio - 4/27/12

Welcome back to Purple Row Radio. On this edition, Andrew returns from his two week dinner trip, while simultaneously, Paul got lost in the woods and had an encounter with killer clowns, and couldn't make the show. He's okay, by the way. Except psychologically.

Listen to Andrew and I discuss the following topics and more:
- Five minutes of random behind the scenes nonsense.
- Injuries around MLB, including Michael Pineda and Mike Pelfrey.
- Christian Friedrich's injury, and why we hope the recovery time is quick.
- Greg explains to Andrew why Tyler Chatwood was probably the replacement for Josh Outman instead of Edgmer Escalona.
- Going forward, how will the bullpen need to change when Outman is ready to be activated?
- Esmil Rogers' success as a reliever this year so far.
- More future of the rotation topics.


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Purple Row Radio - 4/27/12

Purple Row Radio - 4/20/12

Welcome back to Purple Row Radio! On this edition, Andrew abandoned us and so we had to go on with just two of us.

Listen to the show to hear Paul and I discuss the following topics and more:
- Troy Tulowitzki's defensive issues.
- Jamie Moyer's historic win.
- What do we think will happen to the rotation when Jorge De La Rosa returns?
- The minor league system's overall positivity so far, including Edwar Cabrera's near perfect game.
- How having a humidor in Colorado Springs is significant.
- We share our thoughts on the bad drafts from the middle of the decade, and what the system looks like now that those are starting to fade away.

Purple Row Radio - 4/13/12

Welcome back to Purple Row Radio!

On this edition, Andrew, Paul and I discuss the following topics and more:
- Reactions to the very poor showing at opening day.
- How has Jhoulys Chacin's stock and the way he is looked at by the fanbase changed since the Ubaldo Jimenez trade?
- What are some of the scenarios we might see in the rotation when Jorge De La Rosa returns?
- Christian Friedrich and Tyler Matzek's recent starts in the minors, and how do we feel about each of them and their chances of helping the team someday?
- Purple Mondays.
- Why are we excited (and also not excited) about Nolan Arenado?

Purple Row Radio / Crawfish Boxes Crossover Podcast - 4/6/12

Hey everyone, and welcome back to Purple Row Radio! On this edition, Andrew, Paul and I are joined by Tim De Block and David Coleman from The Crawfish Boxes podcast, in a special opening day crossover edition.

For those of you not paying attention, the Rockies open their season in Houston against the Astros, a team entering their final year in the National League.

Come listen to the five of us discuss the following topics and more:
- The Crawfish Boxes guys introduce us to Wandy Rodriguez and Bud Norris, two pitchers we will see in our opening series.
- Purple Row discusses the current state of our rotation, specifically the role Jeremy Guthrie will play, and what we expect out of Juan Nicasio and Drew Pomeranz.
- Crawfish Boxes breaks down some of their more interesting position players, including J.D. Martinez and Jason Castro.
- Purple Row breaks down the Michael Cuddyer signing as it relates to franchise history.
- Crawfish Boxes describes the evolution of their feelings on the Carlos Lee signing, and their excitement about a new ownership.
- Most importantly.... what do we think of crinkle fries?