She used the Hebrew word “dayenu” - which translates to 'it would have been enough” - to describe the different parts of her experience. Goldman retired in 2017 as a social worker at Stepping Stones Preschool, a public school in Westport, Connecticut. They had set up a day for me that is something that I never would have expected.”

And I actually got to be out in the dugout, too. “It was a thrill of a lifetime - times a million. It’s obviously taking my words away also. '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. “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.

Shaking with excitement, she beamed while recounting how it felt to be at Yankee Stadium on this day for the game against the Los Angeles Angels. She got to be a Yankees' bat girl on Monday night at age 70 - a full 60 years after she was turned down because of her gender. NEW YORK – Gwen Goldman exchanged fist bumps with the New York Yankees she had been admiring for decades from afar, walked onto the field and waved to the crowd.

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