Lesson #345 - Referees

There really aren't any referees who can influence a game more than a ref in soccer (red and yellow cards are true power) or a baseball umpire (they get to make a potentially arbitrary call on every pitch!), but they still aren't as rage-inducing as what you can get from a football or basketball ref. Cheap hand fouls and poorly called charges in basketball, and the completely insane will-he-call-it-or-won't-he-call-it pass interference in football . . . if refs take over the game as much as they do, that certainly takes away from your enjoyment, which is probably why we favor baseball and hockey over the other sports.

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We'll be in Vermont tomorrow, and might have trouble uploading the comic. If that happens, we'll upload two late on Monday. Bear with us.