As the 19-66 Rockies struggle to overscore the Spiders - if you haven't heard of them, that is because their notable season was AD 1899 - I am breaking early this week to link the Mile High autopsy.
Various cities have various quirks in climate. This doesn't much affect how fast or which direction the ball moves; just on how well players handle the environment. Denver is able to field hockey teams, football teams, and basketball teams. I have come to the conclusion that Denver will never field a baseball team. When the Rockies take the field, they waste the MLB's time. They are the comic-page in the annals of this sport.
Yes, atmosphere and gravity do matter. Denver is on a different planet as, oh, Pittburgh and Baltimore (to pick on two other towns TOTALLY AT RANDOM). Its pitchers can't throw curveballs: that's just physics. To pick on another city, the Washington Nationals might be having a bad year, but they are capable of good years. Denver is not so capable.
Colorado (like Idaho) needs to accept that it is a plateau and that its baseball is, intrinsically, regional. Coors Field should host regional-games and away-games... only. The Rockies' owner needs to scout some lowland.
Or hell, there is always cricket. HOWZAT
UPDATE 4:30 MST: Rockies won!
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