section314 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 On this date in 1973, Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson swapped wives and families. Some of us remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Jet Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 On 3/5/2021 at 10:02 AM, section314 said: On this date in 1973, Yankee pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson swapped wives and families. Some of us remember. Some kind of promotion or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
section314 Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Anthony Jet said: Some kind of promotion or something? No, it was real. I was 15 then, and they actually swapped families. One of the craziest things ever, Can’t remember if it lasted or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Jet Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 4 hours ago, section314 said: No, it was real. I was 15 then, and they actually swapped families. One of the craziest things ever, Can’t remember if it lasted or not. Tell me it was a bet or something, or were they swingers, only thing about that is kids being switched is, a little , I don’t know what but definitely not kosher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Today also marks the 3-year anniversary of when @The Crusher and @JiF's wives officially agreed to let their husbands have a relationship on the side. Happy for those two love birds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Anthony Jet said: Some kind of promotion or something? 7 hours ago, section314 said: No, it was real. I was 15 then, and they actually swapped families. One of the craziest things ever, Can’t remember if it lasted or not. 3 hours ago, Anthony Jet said: Tell me it was a bet or something, or were they swingers, only thing about that is kids being switched is, a little , I don’t know what but definitely not kosher One of the 2 couples are still happily married, as of 2018! https://allthatsinteresting.com/mike-kekich-fritz-peterson These ’70s Yankees Pitchers Wanted Each Other’s Wives – So They Made The Trade Of The Century By Katie Serena Published April 9, 2018 Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson switched entire lives – including wives and kids – after one fateful barbecue. o former Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson, it was a simple and sensible thing. To the country it was a scandal of epic proportions, the likes of which had never been seen before. It started innocently enough on July 15, 1972. New York Post sportswriter Maury Allen invited Fritz Peterson and his wife Marilyn over for a barbecue at his New Jersey home to talk about the Yankees. Peterson asked if he could bring along his friend, fellow Yankee Mike Kekich, and his wife Susanne. Of course, Allen said. The more the merrier. “It just happened,” Peterson said, looking back. “It wasn’t planned.” After the barbecue, the Petersons and the Kekiches decided to continue the evening and head over to the local Fort Lee Diner. “When we were deciding to leave, we had driven two different cars and happened to park behind each other out in the street,” Peterson said. “I said to my wife, Marilyn, ‘Why don’t you ride with Mike to the diner in Fort Lee, N.J., and I’ll take Susanne with me and we’ll meet there and then we’ll go home from there.'” “We did that and we had so much fun together, Susanne and I and Mike and Marilyn, that we decided, ‘Hey, this is fun, let’s do it again,’” he continued. “We did it the next night. We went out to the Steak and Ale in Fort Lee. Mike and Marilyn left early and Susanne and I stayed and had a few drinks and ate.” Before long, the four realized that they wanted to spend more than just a few dinners with each other’s spouses. “All of us felt the same way,” said Peterson. “We went on from there and eventually, he fell in love with my wife and I fell in love with his.’” However, the situation presented with more issues than just the players and their wives. Both couples had children, and homes, and dogs to think about. They couldn’t just uproot each other’s lives. So, the players did what they thought was best – a “husband swap.” Rather than force their wives to move, they decided to move instead. Almost overnight, they had switched not only wives but entire lives, poodle and terrier and all. Then, all that was left to do was tell the world about it. Peterson first went to Maury Allen and asked him to write about it, hoping he “wouldn’t make it sound too dirty.” After all, as Peterson said, there was nothing “smutty” about it. It was simply what was best for everyone. Eventually, however, they decided to tell the public themselves in the hopes that it would clear the air. In separate press conferences, the players discussed their unconventional arrangement and their hopes that the public would understand. “Unless people know the full details, it could turn out to be a nasty type thing,” Kekich said in his conference. “Don’t say this was wife-swapping, because it wasn’t. We didn’t swap wives, we swapped lives.” Whether the novelty of such a scandal died down, or the public found a more exciting one, the hype around Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson was soon over. For several years, both couples lived in relative quiet, assuming each other’s daily routines. It seems that all these years later the backward fairytale the two couples lived in may finally have ended for one of them. Fritz Peterson and Susanne Kekich married, and are still happily together today, but Mike Kekich and Marilyn Peterson have parted ways. The two players who were once roommates during road trips haven’t spoken in 10 years, possibly more. While Peterson happily speaks about his interesting past, Kekich has not given an interview in several years, and is “panic-stricken” over the thought of the story being turned into a movie. Talk of a film has been circulating since 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Jet Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Gotta admit that is a pretty interesting story, very very odd also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 And people wonder why Steinbrenner was nuts those first years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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