Beneath his new Tampa Bay Lightning baseball cap and through a smile, Harold Roche began to cry. Only moments before, the 86-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran was posing for a picture alongside Lightning alumni Mathieu Garon and Glen Metropolit.

LSU baseball's game with Southern has been suspended with lightning in the aera. The game was halted at 8:36 p.m. in the bottom of the fourth inning and per NCAA rule, officials are required to wait a minimum of 30 minutes.

Thursday’s poor playing condtions didn’t seem to deter Newman’s hot start to the baseball season. Although the game against Sterling at Gartner Park was called early due to lightning, Newman built a 10-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning before the ...