In the tiny town of Weir, Miss., Roy Oswalt memorabilia was seen hanging in the trees this week.

Only a few photos and some clothes were recovered from the Houston Astro star's childhood home, which had stood for 40 years and was destroyed by Mississippi's recent tornados. Both Oswalt's parents survived the storm, with his father away on a hunting trip and his mother riding it out in a closet with the family dog, Sweetie.

Twisters ripped through central Mississippi Saturday, killing 10 people (three of them children) in a path that spanned nearly 200 miles.

Oswalt told the Associated Press: "All the stuff that we collected over the last 32 years of my life was pretty much gone. ... The biggest thing is that my mom's alive. The other stuff you can replace, it's materialistic stuff."

Tonight Oswalt goes from manning a bulldozer (a gift from Drayton McLane) to try and help his mom salvage what she could, to taking the mound. Oswalt makes his first start tonight since the twisters leveled much of the little part of Mississippi (Weir's population is 553) he still considers home. The crowd at Minute Maid Park is likely to give Oswalt a huge ovation when he faces off against the Cincinnati Reds, but this devastation goes beyond sports.

Oswalt is thankful his loss only came in possessions. Among the treasures gone? Oswalt's 2005 NLCS MVP award, which he won pitching against the St. Louis Cardinals during that incredible trip to the Astros' first World Series.

You can follow Oswalt's lead and chip in to help the less-fortunate tornado victims (who don't have anything close to a major league baseball salary) here.