For an extra $800, fans can also buy an officially licensed Cubs urn to hold the ashes. The urns -- as well as a line of baseball-themed caskets -- were the brainchild of Michigan native Clint Mytych, 28, who was struck one day by the fact that the funeral industry was the last un-branded frontier.
So he quit the limousine business and founded Eternal Image in 2007.
"The general motto here is to celebrate the life of a person, not just affirm that someone has died," says Mytych, whose company also produces a Star Trek-branded line of urns and caskets and is pursuing other sports properties.
Adds Mascari, 61: "My grandfather was a Cubs fan. My father was a Cubs fan. I'm a Cubs fan. It's your heritage. It becomes part of your life."
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