Well, Ralph Nader sure straightened out that troublemaker Joey Crawford, didn't he?

	In Game 1, Phil Jackson's Lakers shot 45 free throws courtesy Joey Crawford & Co.

And Jack Nies and Ronnie Garretson, too. They did a grand job in Game 1 of your NBA Finals -- at least nobody sicced John Ashcroft on them.

But it's good to know that the officials now know they're being watched by a former Presidential candidate, the man who brought down the Pinto, asbestos doilies and a hundred other consumer outrages.

I mean, Mark Cuban couldn't do it, but that's only because he's a mere billionaire. A guy whose entire wardrobe costs maybe $130, though, can change the world.

Now we are all for most of Nader's work. He has made America a safer place, without much help from the government or business establishments. With that as disclaimer, we can now move on to his newest project -- straightening out those drunken, deluded weasels in the gray shirts.

He is doing this through the auspices of the League Of Fans, a group of concerned citizens who, put simply, you would never, ever want to have dinner with. And other than making fun of the organization's title (was it because the Justice League of America was already taken?), we will leave them alone to their richly deserved solitude.

But associations aside, Nader is plainly doing God's work, or at least Cuban's. By stepping in when he is most needed (oh God, this already is spiraling out of control), he is making the NBA a safer and better place in which to visit and work.

But mere posturing and dead-end bitching about whether or not Steve Javie actually works for Satan or just freelances for him is not enough. We need more action, and we need it now. Namely, we want Ralph And The League to act immediately on the following: