Purple Row is a fan blog. It’s also a fan blog privileged enough to have access to cover games in person from time to time. Usually when this happens, we talk as a staff about which players the person going to the game should talk to, and what they should ask. This process works, but it’s also limited to the interests of a few people.
Another characteristic about Purple Row is that it’s a community of readers who are every bit as knowledgeable about the Rockies as the staff. So why not turn to the Purple Row hive
mind for ideas?
Renee Dechert will be covering the Rockies’ weekend series in Denver. So, who should she talk to? What should she ask? And what’s the story you ultimately want to read? What are you curious about?
Leave your question, questions, or story ideas in the comments. We’ll comb through all of them and pick 3-5 of the most compelling questions and will certainly take note of ideas with a lot of reader recommendations (turn your favorites purple!). Renee will do her best to get the questions to the right people and we’ll write about them over the next few weeks.
Here are some general parameters to think about before you offer your pitch:
- Think about questions that will get interesting answers — while I, too, would really like to know about playing time distribution, asking Warren Schaeffer “Why do you play Jordan Beck so much?” isn’t going to return anything interesting.
- Think about ideas that can be accomplished with one or two interviews that last 3-5 minutes at most — so something about one player’s mechanics, but not the Rockies philosophical and practical approach to mechanical adjustments.
- Ideas don’t have to be about the latest news (see: the story about Jordan Romano’s closer entrance)
- Ideas don’t necessarily have to be about baseball (see: the story about Kyle Karros’ and Cole Carrigg’s friendship)
- Remember the source of information: Difficult questions are welcome, but questions that amount to “Why are you a disappointment?” won’t get very far.
And there’s one other caveat: Sometimes, we can’t talk to players we hope to ask questions of, such as starting pitchers on the day they start. (Baseball players are very busy people who keep to a fairly rigid routine and schedule!) Still, well done our best to find out.
So turn to your friends, your family, your neighbors, and your fellow Rockies fans and brainstorm anything you’ve always wanted to know about your favorite team. Be thoughtful, be creative, and most importantly: Have fun!
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