At a Stadium Clobbered by Katrina, a College Coach Polishes a Diamond in the Rough

By ERIC HOOVER

New Orleans

The flood took Joe Scheuermann's home, and there was nothing he could do about that. But he was not about to let the storm claim his ballpark. After all, he grew up there.

Mr. Scheuermann, the baseball coach at Delgado Community College, first heard the snap of a leather...