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PlusFlood Takes Everything From Negro League StarFlood Takes Everything From Negro League StarThe Associated PressArt Pennington, a former Negro League Baseball star lost everything, including a museum of baseball memorabilia, when floods ravaged Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (June 25)(sot)My real name is art d pennington, they call me the supermanThat's what they called me all my life, superman they knew I could play I could run like a deer and I could throw that ball out of sight..(vo)Art pennington is a ballplayer... a negro league all star he played the game for 25 years... throughout that time he put together a priceless collection of memorabilia, memorabilia he proudly displayed on the walls of his cedar rapids home..(sot)This was a museum, nothing but baseball pictures people stopped by and took pictures, yep it was a museum...(vo)Today the museum is gone, destroyed by floodwater... a few pictures lay scattered on the floor, others so damaged you can't even tell what they were still hang on the wall.. Sombrero's from his days in the Mexican league rest in the corner...(sot)I lost everything all my baseball equipment, I hate to even talk about it because I lost so much... it's just hard to talk about it it makes me feel awful bad.. (vo)Pennington still can't believe how high the water got inside his living room(sot)Right there... that's about 6 feet.. Maybe higher..(vo)He struggles now, wondering, how his 85 year old mind and body will hold up under this stress.(sot)This house had everything in it, I had five tv's, two reclining chairs, everything a rich man could have in that house and I wasn't rich...(vo)From the life of a rich man, to being homeless overnight..(sot)I know what it is now to be homeless, this has learned me what it's like to be homeless.. I didn't know it was this bad.. But it's bad...(vo)For now Pennington is staying with friends, hoping today's major leaguers hear his story, and "pitch" in, to help an old ballplayer who is struggling in the game of life..(nats)Oh boy oh boy oh boy....Rich Matthews the associated press cedar rapids Iowa.. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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Uploaded: June 25, 2008 at 11:37 am
Author: AssociatedPress

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heres22 (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 02:06:46 PM)
help him! ballers and whats up with the ballers they been in some tight sweezes for the pass year or so for multiple stuff?
KirbyPwnz13 (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 12:37:26 PM)
Why do they have to say Negro in the title?
studio7manga (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 01:01:51 PM)
Because that's what it was called.
tbgx1 (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 12:11:07 PM)
Any wealthy Ball players who DO NOT help this man, Do not deserve to play the game...Very sad.
karinablack (Wednesday 25th of June 2008 12:05:30 PM)
poor guy :(