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For years Major League pitchers have been cringing about taking the mound at Coors Field. Veterans who had been extremely successful on other teams around the league watched their career ERA's vanish into the thin mile high air of Denver after they signed deals with the Rockies. It was bad enough that many baseball experts openly wondered if the Rockies would ever be able to field a team capable of contending. Two things have changed in Colorado. First, a humidor was built to keep baseballs moist, and dense. Much of the problem was not the altitude, but the fact that Colorado's air is so void of moisture that the leather on the balls would actually dry up and shrink, causing the ball to be lighter and harder, traveling further. Second, the Rockies realized that their days of bringing in ...

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