Former University of Louisville slugger Jim LaFountain made some special memories with the UofL baseball team back in the Seventies. He was back in town Friday, cheering on the Cardinals in the second game of a series with Virginia and reliving some of those memories.
One of them is unlikely to ever be matched. The date was March 24, 1976. Louisville was playing Western Kentucky University in the second game of a doubleheader at the old Parkway Field, which was located on Belknap Campus.
LaFountain was hit four home runs in that game. Three of those home runs were grand slammers.