Kicker - 70-year-old bat girl

NICK EICHER, HOST: 10-year-old Gwen Goldman was deeply disappointed when she wrote to the New York Yankees asking to be a bat girl, only to receive a rejection letter.

At first the team told her that because baseball is a male dominated game, she’d probably feel out of place in the dugout.

But upon further review, the team decided to grant her request 60 years later.

The now 70-year-old Gwen Goldman said her daughter shared the old letter with the new Yankees management. That’s when General Manager Brian Cashman called her up.

CASHMAN: On behalf of the entire organization, it would be my great honor for you to join us for our game on Monday, June 28th.

The message brought her to tears.

GOLDMAN: Here’s this 10-year-old girl who wrote it, and she’s still inside of me. She’s still there.

Goldman was bat girl for the day. She suited up, spent the game in the dugout, she got her own locker and even got to throw out the first pitch!

GOLDMAN: You see, it was worth writing that letter. It was worth having that hope. It was worth pursuing it and trying it, and even if you didn’t get it at first, you know the old saying - you just keep on going.

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