Bob Cerv's location along the Kansas City-New York axis was often unknowable. Cerv-ing up some light reading… • ESPN’s Amy K. Nelson profiles Russell Martin, accompanying him to the nail salon — for baseball reasons: One of the simpler changes: manicures. Martin has no qualms about ...

It took some special circumstances for Roger Maris to be available to the Yankees at all. Unlike many of the stars of the dynasty period, Maris was not home grown, but reached the majors as a member of the Cleveland Indians. Fortunately for Yankees general manager George Weiss, he had the advantage of ...