The Hero of Goodall Park

ESPN Daily

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Goodall Park in Sanford, Maine is the type of ballpark that feels like sacred ground. Over its more than 100 years of history, Goodall Park has seen its fair share of iconic baseball moments, including a home run hit by Babe Ruth that locals swear went 700 feet. But in 2018, Goodall Park became famous for something else. During a Babe Ruth League baseball game, a woman drove her car onto the field in the midst of a psychotic episode, and a 68-year-old man, Douglas Parkhurst, was killed while trying to protect the young ballplayers. In the aftermath, Parkhurst was hailed as a savior: that is, until a 50-year-old secret came to light, raising questions about fate, redemption, and what it means to be a hero. Tom Junod joins Mina Kimes to share the incredible story of "The Hero of Goodall Park." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Heroes.
0:13.4	We know one when we see one.
0:17.8	Or think we do. That's why we go to the ballpark.
0:24.4	It's simple there.
0:27.9	But in life,
0:31.3	heroes can hide dark secrets
0:33.5	and carry heavy burdens.
0:40.5	And in this story,
0:44.0	you have to go to a ballpark
0:46.5	built more than a hundred years ago.
0:50.6	A park with a history of heroes
0:52.9	to find out why one of them
0:57.4	had to die.
1:03.5	Had to die. Those are the words of ESPN senior writer Tom Juneau, whose latest story is called the hero of Goodall Park.
1:26.6	It's a story of a fateful moment on a baseball field that left a man dead and hailed as a
1:32.3	savior.
1:33.7	That is, until a 50-year-old secret came to light, raising questions about what it really means
1:39.3	to be a hero and what it takes for a family to forgive.
1:44.8	I'm Inakimes.
1:45.9	It's Tuesday, July 7th.
1:48.0	This is ESPN Daily.
1:52.2	Tom, your written story and E60 feature are both called the hero of Goodall Park.
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