Shortly after this incident all major news stations were interrupted to bring this event to the mainstream.  Even Sir Winston Churchill did not get such attention.  Whats next a state funeral for a baseball player??.....lets put all of this in perspective.  He was a baseball player...no more or less than lets say the TTC driver who served the city of Toronto more than an overpaid yankee who throws baseballs.....Gheez.  Whats the big deal here.  I personally do not see it.  Did he save lives??  Did he make the world a safer or better place???  Did he receive a Nobel prize...no he threw baseballs.  Pathetic