Fred Warrecker looked down on Eddie Mathews Field from the sidewalk on Canon Perdido Street. The baseball diamond, bathed in soft winter sunlight, was a beautiful and welcome sight.
“I had a stroke right there behind the backstop,” Warrecker said. He had been watching a practice session last October when he collapsed. Immediate medical attention saved him, but he is still recovering.
“This is my first day out since then,” he said. “It’s the first day of spring for me.”