Southern baseball team responds to a ‘softer’ Roger Cador

Coach Roger Cador

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Southern baseball team takes a four-game win streak into its series at Prairie View, beginning with a doubleheader at noon Friday.

The Jaguars were searching for answers barely a week ago when outfielder Tyler Kirksey stuck his head into coach Roger Cador’s office.

Cador told Kirksey he didn’t have time to talk because he had to get to “an important meeting.”

But Kirksey persisted.

“He said, ‘I need to talk,’ ” Cador recalled.

So Cador delayed his meeting and listened to what was on Kirksey’s mind — as well as that of his fellow upperclassmen.

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