Bias is act of denial over numbers

Rockies' hitters have long had to fight bias from people (management and media) around baseball about the home field advantage (see: altitude) but yet Rockies' pitchers have seldom been credit for pitching in a supposedly unfair environment despite opposing pitchers claiming it is a challenge getting batters out in Denver.

But look at the case of former Rockies' reliever and current Angels stopper Brian Fuentes. Last season, he had a 2.73 ERA. The year prior his ERA was 3.08. This season it's a robust 3.95. It seems logical if hitting in Coors is nothing more than belting flat pitches then Fuentes' work as a Rockie should be stuff of legend.

It's also interesting to note that Andres Galarraga hit 44 home runs for Atlanta after leaving Colorado and Matt Holliday is torching the National League in St. Louis after being dumped by Oakland.

The reality in denial here is that good players produce everywhere and assailing them and their numbers for the team they play on is arrogant. Todd Helton is another example. He wouldn't have been an All Star, when healthy, anywhere else but Colorado? That's a fool's argument. When he was right he was a star, period.