Baseball Teams Endorse Caskets and Urns

Baseball Teams Endorse Caskets and Urns

By PATRICK WALTERS Associated Press Writer

Published October 19, 2006, 5:50 AM CDT

Starting next season, fans of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will be able to have a casket or cremation urn emblazoned with their team colors and insignia.

Major League Baseball has entered into a licensing agreement with Eternal Image, which hopes to eventually make urns and caskets with for all 30 teams.

Read entire article at:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/sns-ap-baseball-funerals,1,6523037.story

http://www.eternalimage.net/

See poll regarding these products here:

http://www.cubsnet.com/node/1508

Here is a photo of a grave marker with a Cub's logo. This is not a product from the Eternal Image company. I just happened to notice it when at the burial service of a friend.

Photos from Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field

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Beyond the Vines


Spot for fans whose team hasn't won in an eternity

By DON BABWIN | Associated Press Writer
5:05 PM CDT, July 11, 2008

Quote:
CHICAGO - Finally, the perfect answer for a team that has been killing its fans for 100 years: A place to put their remains.

A Chicago man and Bohemian National Cemetery on the city's North Side are joining forces to build for Cubs fans a final resting place that looks a lot like the spot where they saw their dreams of a pennant die year after year.

Called "Beyond the Vines," the 24-foot long ivy-covered wall is designed to look like the one in dead center at Wrigley Field.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-bbn-cubsburialground,0,5818314.story

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics