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Basement Flood

Edgy DC Jun 29 2010 08:18 AM

Among the water damaged items are my first edition of Gil Hodges' The Game of Baseball and my collection of original 1980 "The Magic Is Back" subway posters. Boo, rain! BOOOOOO!

themetfairy Jun 29 2010 08:29 AM Re: Basement Flood

Ugh - that's horrible :(

Edgy DC Jun 29 2010 08:43 AM Re: Basement Flood

Really, it's my falult for leaving stuff I like on the floor below ground level.

seawolf17 Jun 29 2010 09:15 AM Re: Basement Flood

Yowza. We had that happen a few months ago when someone who shall remain nameless (not me) left the hose on for 24 hours in the backyard. I moved all the important stuff up after that.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 29 2010 09:22 AM Re: Basement Flood

That sucks, mon frere. Lost a whole lot of '84-'89 stuff (including Sid-, Barry Lyons-, Heep-, and Mazzili-autographed balls and posters, Mets Yearbooks from those years, heaps of baseball cards in shoeboxes, and some Keith/Doc/Straw Starting Lineup figures) during a NJ Nor'Easter a decade or so back... mostly because some parents who shall remain nameless had moved the stuff from my former room/closet to the basement. When I came back from school to help these folks clean, I was thisclose to giving Keith and Doc a proper burial/"gravestone" in the backyard next to my former dog.

soupcan Jun 29 2010 12:49 PM Re: Basement Flood

Sorry for your loss. My comics are in individual plastic bags with cardboard sheets in boxes in the attic and all my Mets stuff is on shelves in the basement similarly protected. It was a hard lesson learned for me as well. 'Never again!' I said and still say.

metirish Jun 29 2010 12:55 PM Re: Basement Flood

Jeez , sorry to read this Edgy......

Edgy DC Jun 29 2010 12:56 PM Re: Basement Flood

My stuff was mostly on shelves, but things get shuffled onto the floor while one looks for other things. I was trying to be all cool and zen and filled with perspective and shit, and my wife says, "Oh, your Gil Hodges book got all wet." "That's OK," I say, assuming it's Pray for Gil Hodges, a decent contemporary title. When she hands it to me and I see that it's an original title (allegedly) written by Gil, I'm all like, "Can you excuse me? I need a moment here."

holychicken Jun 29 2010 01:04 PM Re: Basement Flood

I just called MMPS (Mets Memorabilia Protective Services) and they are on their way to free those precious little metsmories from your neglectful home.

Willets Point Jun 29 2010 01:22 PM Re: Basement Flood

Put the book in a ziploc bag and then put it in your freezer. Then contact a book conservator.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 29 2010 01:28 PM Re: Basement Flood

Basements suck.

TheOldMole Jun 29 2010 01:53 PM Re: Basement Flood

That's so sad.

Vic Sage Jun 29 2010 01:58 PM Re: Basement Flood

just hearing about incidents like this gives me hives.

metsguyinmichigan Jun 29 2010 02:54 PM Re: Basement Flood

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Game-Baseball-Gil-Hodges-1969-/180504571759?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item2a06e92f6f Sorry about the loss, Edgy. But I looks like you can replace the Gil book for $8 on eBay with the Buy it Now feature. Not the same as the treasured volume, but a replacement.

Zvon Jun 29 2010 05:08 PM Re: Basement Flood

This bites the big one.