"For Sox fans, eternally" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | December 1, 2008
ROCKLAND - For years, lifelong Red Sox fans wanted their team to win the World Series so they could finally go to the grave in peace. Now, they can do it encased in the team's logo as well.
Yes, the officially licensed Red Sox casket has arrived. The team logo is embroidered on the soft velvet of the lining and pillow, each of which is as white as a home uniform on Opening Day. The logo also appears on the exterior of the casket, which is made of high-gloss 18-gauge steel accented with baseball bat-style wood, tassels, and polished chrome - more Cadillac than bullpen car, headed for the hereafter.
"It's really a beautiful thing," said Dan Biggins, 28, co-director of Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home in Rockland, which recently took delivery of the first Sox casket, serial number 0001. "It's really neat."
The casket is manufactured by Eternal Image, a Michigan company started about five years ago on the notion that branded funeral products could make money and fill an overlooked need....
?? You are DEAD!
Do me (and yourself) a favor, and just EAT ME!!! Use this good flesh to save yourselves from hunger!
Failing that (thank you), would you please not spend a damn dime on a RED SOX CASKET?!!
The caskets carry a suggested retail price of $4,499....
Sigh!
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