In 1961, the Yankees told her she couldn’t be a batgirl. Sixty years later, it’s happening.

When Goldman and her husband, Pete McLoughlin, hopped on the call, she saw a few extra people she didn’t recognize. She assumed they were work colleagues of her daughter. Instead, they were members of the Yankees’ organization. Senior vice president and assistant general manager Jean Afterman, general partner Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal and Yankees ace Gerrit Cole were also on the call.