First off?Long time reader..first time poster. Love this site and love reading everyones insight. I?m a huge brewer fan and always will be. Real excited about this year, and I think the Carlos Lee deal is one of the biggest steals we could have asked for. It?s like bringing Richie back but keeping everything we got from Arizona. Anyways, this post is about what ya?ll are talking about here. And I have to add that it is completely appropriate to have a moment of silence for the Pope after he passes away at a baseball game. I?m not a catholic, but I know the magnitude of this. This guy was a world leader. He was a world leader who looked about for more people in the world than any other leader. He was a man of compassion and a man of morals. Read up on him if you don?t know much about him. He looked out for all of humanity. Not only the Catholics he looked out for everyone. This is a man who went to see the Muslim man who shot him and nearly killed hi and talked with him and forgave him for all that he has done. He was truly one of the most heroic and amazing leaders of our time. Whether you?re Jewish, catholic, Muslim, anti-religion, or whatever this man was a special person who was very very widely known. If Tony Blair died, we?d do the same. If the Queen of England died, we?d do the same. If Bruce Springsteen died, we?d do the same. When Johnny Carson died, we DID the same. If anyone who is widely known around the country dies, a moment of silence is not INAPPROPRIATE. Never is it inappropriate to honor someone in their passing when a large number of people know him/her. Every person in the stadium knew who Pope John Paul was not matter their denomination. It?s a moment to pay respect. Not a moment to pray not a moment to honor your religion, a moment to pay respect to the man who has just passed away. You don?t have to believe he?s headed to the next life or whatever. Just pay respect to his life. I think this has a place in baseball because it is an important act. So pay your moment of respect and move on. No need to worry if it was appropriate or not, because how could it not be. He?s a person, and you know darn well when the name was read you could picture his face. Now it?s opening day ya?ll Best day of the whole year. Smile and watch some baseball. Yanks-Sox to start the year off and then the Crew tomorrow; Can not get better!. Grab a Miller and sit down and watch.