How so?ĭKG: Well, I think there's no question. KG: So I've heard you say that baseball made you a better historian and a better storyteller. So when baseball became our special thing, I felt very excited. My older sisters were 10 and 15 years older than me. That warmth was extended to us as children, obviously. And everybody who knew him just knew when he walked in a room that there was a warmth to him. And he had this incredible, contagious optimism despite everything. He had lost his parents when he was young. It was the game at the time.Īnd it really was more than just a game, because my father had had a really tough childhood. And we lived on a block where there were Giant and Yankee fans altogether. And for him and for so many people where we lived - I mean, we lived in Long Island. He'd actually seen Ebbets Field being built. KG: Was b aseball presented as something that was, like, just a game, or was it, like, something really important?ĭKG: Oh, it was much larger than the game. Ebbets Field Stadium was the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 to 1957. And, mostly, I was learning from my father. And it just made me feel like I was learning the game in a new way. I learned about a K, or a check, or getting the players around the bases. And my father gave me this bright red scorebook, and he taught me the art of keeping score. KG: So, what is your first memory of baseball?ĭKG: My first memory, really, is when I was 6 years old. And, here we are, three and a half years later, and it’s Only A Game’s very last new show, and we have finally found the time. Well, we didn’t find the time that spring. The publicist replied, "I know Doris would love to do this with you, but finding a time is the issue." But she also spoke about baseball and how her love of the Brooklyn Dodgers made her a better historian.Īs soon as I had the chance, I sent an interview request to her publicist. Sure, she talked about the man occupying the White House - and, as a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian whose biographies of American presidents have appeared at the top of the New York Times bestseller list, she had a lot to say. In between dire warnings about the perils of reporting during the Trump presidency, one speaker stood out: Doris Kearns Goodwin. The theme was "Storytelling in Turbulent Times," which looking back, makes me think we might need to re-define the word "turbulent." (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) This article is more than 2 years old.īack in March of 2017, I attended a narrative journalism conference at Boston University. Author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin shares how baseball influenced her life.
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