I didn't see the game live, but when I heard about it, it more or less ruined my night. I don't know why, I don't know how, but in the pit of my stomach I felt absolutely awful. Around the same time, during Game 2 of the NBA Finals, with about two minutes left in the game, the refs blew a call where a ball out of bounds should have gone to the Lakers (this was the play where Garnett and Gasol were fighting over and it was determined that the ball went off Gasol). The refs consulted instant replay, as there was under two minutes left to play, but let the call stand, and thus blew the call. Rajon Rondo then hit a jumper to put the Celtics up five, and that was the game. The refs thus had an adverse effect on the outcome of the game.
Now the following day I barely heard a peep about this blown call, which quite possibly determined the outcome of an NBA Finals game. Yet for forty-eight hours all the sports talked about was Jim Joyce's blown call, which ultimately had no determination over the outcome of the regular season game.
Why is this? Why do we as fans place such emphasis on records like this? And if we believe these records are so important, more important than wins and losses, should we not simply legalize the use of steroids and other PEDs in professional sports, but actually mandate their use, as they will help increase the probability that the "greatest" records will be achieved?
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