text: It will always be the big weakness.  Sadly, that's one of the big problems with playing baseball at 5k feet.  As long as our pitchers have to make 16 starts here, this will remain a monumental challenge.  Just look at the mile long list of pitchers that were great before or after pitching here.  Fellow Rockies fans don't want to hear it when people talk about altitude dramatically inflating numbers, but it does, for both pitchers and hitters.  It's not the Rockies fault, but they have to deal with it.  25 years without winning a division hasn't happened by accident.  The Rockies have challenges that no other team have to deal with.