... in the outcome of games. We see egregious examples in every sport, Who can forget umpire Eric Gregg giving Livan Hernandez an extra 6-8 inches outside the plate in the NLCS back in the 90s, in football we've seen yewt DBs get away with holding and PI in the secondary for years, NBA have had reffing scandals (Tim McDonaghy) etc and certain teams and special players get special favors from the refs (*cough* Jordan rules) etc