TIL that in 1973, New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kelich traded families.
TIL that in 1973, New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kelich traded families.
The strangest trade in baseball history occurred on March 4, 1973, when New York Yankees pitchers Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson held separate news conferences during spring training.
So weird, but good for them! How does that conversation come up? Who says something first?
Heyyy, so like...you know how I think your wife is banging and mine sucks, and you think mine is banging and yours sucks? Also, you know how you hate your kids and love mine, and I hate my kids and love yours? What if...and hear me out on this...what if we switched...like all of it?
In my head that is exactly how the conversation went. But there may have been booze or drugs involved in the decision making process.
we can only hope
My guess was that this all started with a "key party". They were friends, had "key party", luck of the draw and they figure out they like each other's spouse better. No doubt much swapping happened before the conversation was had.
The real question is who moved houses.
*According to the vid, the men moved. The women and kids and dogs stayed in the same house. One relationship worked, one didn't.
Sounds more like the families traded the players then, not the players trading families
"Hey, let's swap wives."
"No... we must go further..."
Shiiit, probably the WIVES traded THEM
That's a whole different way of playing trading card games.
I only know about this because it comes up in at least one of the episodes of Behind the Bastards, but I'll be damned if I can find the one I'm thinking of.