If you have been following the news, you may have heard the news that the New York Yankees recently called up 70-year-old Gwen Goldman to let her know that they would like her to be their bat girl. The call came 60 years after Gwen had written the Yankees requesting to be their ball girl, only to be turned down because of her gender.
On Monday, Gwen’s dream came true as she was the Yankees bat girl for their game against the Los Angeles Angels.
“I don’t know where to start, of which was the best, what did I enjoy the most?” she said during a news conference in the fourth inning.
“The whole piece, from walking in the front door of the stadium at Gate 2, to coming up to a locker with my name on it that said Gwen Goldman, and suiting up, then walking out onto the field. It took my breath away. It’s obviously taking my words away also.
“It was a thrill of a lifetime — times a million. And I actually got to be out in the dugout, too. I threw out a ball, I met the players. Yeah, it goes on and on. They had set up a day for me that is something that I never would have expected.”
On Tuesday, Jennifer Cosey took to Twitter to ask the Detroit Tigers to do what the Yankees did and ‘make things right.
Cosey included the gender-based rejection letter that she received from the Tigers back in 1985.
You can see the letter below that was sent to Cosey in July of 1985.
The ball is in your court, Tigers!
Here is the letter, @tigers. Let's turn this thing into one of those mushy, feel-good stories we all need. Mumble-year old bat girls are not weird at all. pic.twitter.com/mILsns2KQn
— Jennifer Cosey (@VivaTigres) June 29, 2021
