Kentucky baseball, in LSU super regional, still feeling ex-coach Keith Madison's impact
Posted on AllSides June 10th, 2023
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LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Keith Madison looks at the Kentucky baseball program now, 20 years since he stepped down following a 25-year tenure as coach, it's like peering into another world. Upon his hire in 1978, baseball was an afterthought at Kentucky. Four decades later, UK opened Kentucky Proud Park, a sparkling, state-of-the-art facility that cost $49 million to build and has hosted two NCAA regionals. "There was a time in my career when we had the worst salaries, the worst facilities, the worst weather and everything," he told The...