Recruiting Football Talk VII

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peaygolf said:
March 5, 1973
How have I never heard about this? Amazing and weird.

New York Yankees Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich held separate press conferences during the 1973 spring training season announcing they had traded wives. Actually they had swapped entire families, including dogs.
The two men didn’t think their lives were particularly interesting but they were wrong. The story quickly gained attention. Newspapers around the country were writing headlines about the “Wife Swapping Yankees” and news channels adorned pictures of the two new couples.

Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich had very different careers with the Yankees but took a liking to each other anyway. Peterson was well-known and thought highly of in the baseball community. He was an All star in 1970 and had finished the previous season with 17 wins. Kekich wasn’t as impressive; the left hander found himself bouncing around the league rather frequently, and he had just finished his best career season going 10-13, not exactly impressive. Both men and their families lived close to each other in New Jersey and had frequently gotten their families together since the 1969 season when Kekich had joined the team.

Although the announcement was made in March of ’73 the conversation started at a party Maury Allen was throwing in summer of ’72. At some point during the summer the arrangement was called off for a week. Both pitchers returned to their wives and settled back into their lives but Peterson just wasn’t happy.

After Peterson’s revelation the couples made the plan final and in December of that year, both men packed up their belongs and switched lives completely. After deciding the children should stay with their mothers and in their own homes, Paterson moved in with Susanne Kekich and her two young daughters while Kekich constructed a new life with Marilyn Peterson and her two sons.

The two ultimately chose to make the announcement for a few reasons. Since the swap had been going on for quite some time, many people had become aware of the situation and the families thought it was best to clear the air. They also wanted to make the situation clear to GM Lee MacPhail and manager Ralph Houk. Both men asked MacPhail not to be traded in order to keep both families close together.

Neither MacPhail or Houk had any real problem with the pitchers’ new set up. MacPhail made a joke about potentially having to cancel family day that year but otherwise seemed unfazed. Houk backed up his players choices in press conferences.

Neither pitcher made the move expecting an unhappy ending but these types of things never work out for everyone. Fritz and Susanne were extremely happy after the complete swap in December but Mike and Marilyn couldn’t say the same. After they moved in together in December, the new couple realized they might have made a mistake and continued an on-again off-again relationship for some time.

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Ah, the 70's were such simple times. No worries just trade spouses and carry on..
 
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butchna said:
Wanna add it to the docket against Pruitt, but I think that one was Chaney’s call.
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Orangeredblooded said:
Please pray hard for my only son tonight and then tomorrow night. He has his tests on his brain starts tomorrow and then on his heart starts Wednesday. He’s only 32. I’m just sick right now and scared. He’s my baby.
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Prayers for answers and complete and total healing.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Please pray hard for my only son tonight and then tomorrow night. He has his tests on his brain starts tomorrow and then on his heart starts Wednesday. He’s only 32. I’m just sick right now and scared. He’s my baby.
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My fervent prayer will be for God's healing hand on your son. His grace and peace for you and your family. Above all, His will be done. My thoughts will be with you.
 
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Smokey123 said:
Honestly it might. If Antoine Davis didn’t break it last year playing 5 years averaging 28 ppg Nobody in men’s is breaking it and I doubt a women will come along anytime soon and break it because Clark still has more games to go. And if it’s not that crazy why hasn’t it been broken in 50 years until now. Just like when Pat became the first coach ever to reach 1,000 wins, it’s an amazing accomplishment that should be celebrated regardless if she was coaching women’s sports instead of men
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Not saying she will, but JuJu Watkins at USC is averaging 28 ppg this season, and she's just a freshman. Clark had 799 pts her FR season (30 games), Watkins already has 751 in 27 games.
 
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Orangeredblooded said:
Please pray hard for my only son tonight and then tomorrow night. He has his tests on his brain starts tomorrow and then on his heart starts Wednesday. He’s only 32. I’m just sick right now and scared. He’s my baby.
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Prayers. God's got ya. 🙏
 
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I finally got to watching Jason Kelce’s retirement from yesterday.

What a humble dude. He was obviously raised in a good family and hasn’t forgotten his roots. I gained a newfound respect for him, when he tailgated with Bills fans and took part with Bills mafia. He feels like one of us and just has a strong passion for football, and now he gets to be a fan again. Best to him.
 
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