From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great to long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is David Feldman. Steve Scrovan is

away on assignment. Well, he's writing a sitcom for Disney, but sounds better to say he's on assignment.

But we do have the man of the hour, Ralph Nader.

Hello, Ralph.

Hello, David.

We have a very interesting show today.

Dr. Ken Reed, League of Fans is with us and he's going to talk about his new book,

Ego versus Soul and Sports, essays on sports at its best and worst.

And of course our corporate crime reporter Russell Mokieber will be with us.

We're talking about sports today and I was always surprised Ralph to discover that you are a big fan of

baseball and sports is that because there's justice in sports?

Well there's a beginning middle and an end you know who won who lost but I grew

up liking unorganized sports I liked pickup games in baseball and touch football. I didn't like a regimented regime and organized

sports. But I do have a soft touch for championship sports even in the professional area and I have confessed to being a

Yankee fan. It's my only imperialistic choice and it really goes back to my admiration for Lou Gehrig, which we're going to get into with Ken Reed.

I'm going to bring up Dr. Ken Reed in one second, but you didn't answer my question, is there justice in sports? Yeah there's justice and injustice which is

what Dr Reed's going to talk about in his book that's why he calls the essays on

sport at its best and worst and this is a really engrossing book with dozens

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