Bob Cerv was a persistent man.
As a kid in Nebraska, Cerv wanted to play baseball for the Yankees. He got the idea after traveling with his father to New York for a delivery of dairy products and saw a couple of games at Yankee Stadium. Seeing Lou Gehrig homer twice convinced him that he’d play for the Yankees someday.
Unfortunately, his high school didn’…
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