NEW YORK -- A New York City man is on a mission to flush the cremated remains of his lifelong friend -- a plumber -- down ballpark toilets around the country. Tom McDonald said it's a fitting tribute for Roy Riegel. The two baseball fans were childhood friends in Queens, not far from Flushing Meadows, where the Mets play. The game has to be in progress when McDonald sprinkles the ashes into the toilet from a little plastic bottle. So far, he's done the deed at 16 stadiums.
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