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L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.


Byline: -- Tom Hoffarth

There's that story Tommy Lasorda
    For the Chrysler executive, see .
Thomas Charles Lasorda (born September 22 1927 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League baseball pitcher and manager.
 likes to tell, about how when he dies, he wants his headstone to have the current Dodgers' schedule on it so that when people visit him in the cemetary, they could also see if the team was playing that day.

Now, with the MLB's approval, he can go one step further -- or six feet under -- on that desire.

Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation).
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball.
 has started a creepy creep·y  
adj. creep·i·er, creep·i·est Informal
1. Of or producing a sensation of uneasiness or fear, as of things crawling on one's skin: a creepy feeling; a creepy story.

2.
 marketing deal with a company called Eternal Image. It'll put team logos on caskets and urns, starting next season, with the Dodgers among the first teams already included, along with the Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Phillies and Cubs. It could eventually include all 30 teams.

Each urn will be stamped with a message saying Major League Baseball officially recognizes the deceased deceased 1) adj. dead. 2) n. the person who has died, as used in the handling of his/her estate, probate of will and other proceedings after death, or in reference to the victim of a homicide (as: "The deceased had been shot three times.  as a lifelong fan of that team.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Oct 20, 2006
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