Sentence:  `` When Mickey went to the Yankees '' , says Mark Freeman , an ex-Yankee pitcher who sells mutual funds in Denver , `` DiMaggio still was playing and every day Mickey would go by his locker , just <WSD>aching</WSD> for some word of encouragement from this great man , this hero of his . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have a desire for something or someone who is not present