Purple Row on KOA's This Week in Rockies Baseball
by Russ Oates on May 3, 2009 8:36 PM MDT
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PrintSome of you may have already heard my interview earlier today on This Week in Rockies Baseball with Chris Lewis, but here's a link to my ~8 minute interview if you weren't able to listen when it first aired: Russ on TWIRB.
In it, you can hear me discuss what Purple Row is all about, the art and future of blogging, and how I think the season will turn out. I mention that Purple Row celebrated its fourth birthday the other day. This interview was prerecorded on April 29, so the site's birthday is April 28.
Chris Lewis also has his own blog, which you can check out at Lew on the Rocks.
Now I can say something more about future appearances on KOA. Poseidon's Fist, RockiesMagicNumber, Jabberwocky, and theoldgrizzlybear (who's currently on hiatus for a few more days) are discussing things with Chris Lewis about being on TWIRB. PF, RMN, and Jabberwocky may even go down to the studio and take questions from callers. We'll keep you updated on what happens.
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She only mentions it every other comment.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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I'm not either.
Always fun to run into a fellow Trojan out there in the void.
by Greg Stanwood on May 4, 2009 11:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Guess I've not been paying attention.....
University of Southern California?
University of South Carolina?
University of Southern Colorado?
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
You forgot Connecticut
but i’m certain she’s a Trojan Rockies chick
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 4, 2009 8:16 AM MDT up reply actions
Hey where's Rockies Chick
Matt Murton status: Freed
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Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
Rockies Girl and her typewriter :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 3, 2009 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
You just know there's enough computer illiterate people listening to his show
that he has to use all kinds of obscure lingo just to get the points across.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 11:08 PM MDT up reply actions
Just some people with computers typing their opinion
really, and that is different from talk radio…how exactly?
If you need radio help…..remember I have a face for it.
You know, my friend told me that right after I read him this post
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Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
face for radio
yuk yuk
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 10:08 AM MDT up reply actions
Great interview!
It’s great to get more people coming to the Row, and this is yet another way to make that happen.
I’m doing my part by advertising the blog by word of mouth and through the Rockies Facebook group. Any little bit helps, right?
This exposure is awesome!
Eschew Obfuscation!
Yeah I get the occasional spot on RockiesCast, they make sure to say our name relatively regularly.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 3, 2009 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Good job Russ...
Was there anything you regret saying, or later did you remember something you wished you had added? Every time I have been in an interview I always remember things later that I wished I had included. I thought you did a good job turning his questions towards your own direction before answering his, you plugged SBN as a whole quite a bit.
Ef you baldo try Hair-Be Dere!!
Not really.
Maybe have used a different word than ‘careful’ in that one response.
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Couple of General Comments
1. Russ sounded like a 20 year old with the phone connection.
2. From now on the artist formerly known as RoxGirl will be “RoxChick!”
3. Russ you wasted an excellent op to say ditch Clint
4. On a personal note. When I downloaded the clip it went to my Itunes and was categorized as genre “Blues”. I must say how apprapo.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 4, 2009 7:28 AM MDT reply actions
No, that's how Russ actually sounds
and I agree on “Blues” being a piece of nicely appropriate irony.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
The other guys
can say ditch Clint.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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The interview wasn't "Hey Russ fix this team in 8 min or less"
it was on the blogsphere and how he handles its end
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 10:09 AM MDT up reply actions
Imagine my surprise as I was
driving back to Colorado from Texas and started picking up KOA around Clayton, NM. And right out of the blue, there’s Russ on The Blowtorch spreading the Gospel of Purple Row. Nice job, Russ.
However, that might have been the perfect opportunity to spread some of the nicknames for players that we’ve lamely tried to get accepted :). Now we need a tag line..“purplerow.com, Colorful talk about the Rockies” or something along that order.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?
Author: Jim Bouton
I hope RMN
calls Chris Iannetta “Dreamy” when he’s on.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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How about his current state.
Chris No-Hitennta
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 4, 2009 11:23 AM MDT up reply actions
Did you miss his last week?
Not incredibly great….but he has starting hitting…and he leads the team in HR
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 4, 2009 11:48 AM MDT up reply actions
Dude hitting .173
with 17 K’s in 52 ABs, nuff said.
by PinchHitLancePainter on May 4, 2009 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions
The point is more that he's digging his way out of a hole
In the form of “What have you done for me lately”, he’s the best bat.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions
Droppin the Stat Hammer:
Colorado is 2nd in the NL over the past week with a .286 average and Doom is hitting .308/.471/.769 with 2 HRs.
He’s not digging out of the hole, he’s blasting with dynamite!
Ef you baldo try Hair-Be Dere!!
I know you want to throw everybody out here,
But a few of the players are actually decent. Mark Teixeira’s hitting what, .182 now? Is he a scrub? There are real talent issues with this team, but it’s important to differentiate between the players that will actually be useful going forward and are just slumping right now and those that are truly terrible. Iannetta’s the only Rockies player to hit homeruns in four separate stadiums this season and his arm has probably saved us at least one run at this point, possibly more.
I find this kind of funny
Iannetta’s the only Rockies player to hit homeruns in four separate stadiums
since Iannetta is the only Rockie with 4 HR period, regardless of the stadium.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 4, 2009 4:45 PM MDT up reply actions
This would be
a good point to bring up my mancrush, Mark Reynolds. This would also be a good way to get banned again.
"Besides, this is freaking 2009.... WHERE THE HELL IS MY DAMNED FLYING CAR??"
Your mancrush has only hit HR in two separate stadia.
I think he’s a Chase Field creation. Put him in a pitcher’s yard like Coors and he’d only have 3.7 HR by now, I’d bet.
....you do NOT talk about Mark that way.....
"Besides, this is freaking 2009.... WHERE THE HELL IS MY DAMNED FLYING CAR??"
How SHOULD we talk about Mark?
Seriously why is there so much lust over this guy? Sure he’s hot, is that it?
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 11:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah, I realized that after I posted...
Which is yet another reason not to be so dismissive of him. Suffice it to say that it might be awhile before another Rockies player gets that HR’s in four separate stadiums level.
Yes russ that's just what I'll do
/rage
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 10:10 AM MDT up reply actions
Well, the alternatives
aren’t as good.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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in fact they're better
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 12:45 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe in bizarro world.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
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Lewis was more interested in asking questions and listening to himself talk
than having you answer. Seemed like he cut you off almost every question before you could even answer it.
Anyway, cool to get some mainstream media attention!
it's a first contact kind of situation
Let him run the show, I’m sure we’ll be able to add in commentary.
Matt Murton status: Freed
Garrett Atkins status: Not Traded
Clint Hurdle status: Still Employed by the Rockies
by Andrew Martin on May 4, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I noticed that too
but I wonder if that was due to editing for radio, since the interview was done in advance. They could shave a bit of the interview out for airing it
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on May 4, 2009 4:46 PM MDT up reply actions
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