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 NEW YORK (AP) - A city seethes in anticipation.
Outside Yankee Stadium, workmen wielding power washers crisscross the walkways on a crisp autumn afternoon, dutifully cleaning each and every groove between thousands of concrete squares. Inside, groundskeepers wielding rakes push pebbles back and forth, smoothing the dirt around home plate. Everyone in town, it seems, wants the place to look perfect for the return of Pedro Martinez.
"This is the kind of stage that I deserve," Martinez said, "and in a stadium like this, the most legendary of all places."
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