She was a Mets fan growing up (read her autobiography Wait Till Next Year) but she's a Red Sox fan in the show? Make up your damn mind, woman! When Doris Kearns Goodwin was growing up, there was no team called the Mets. She was a fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Many Dodgers fans felt abandoned when the team pulled up stakes and left town and began following other teams. Ms. Goodwin seems to have switched to the Red Sox in the late 60's during her time at Harvard. If I'm not mistaken, she still lives in Mass. Good point, it's been awhile