The weirdest and wildest trade in all of sports took place on 3/5/1973 when New York Yankees pitchers and teammates Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson became the centerpiece of media attention after the two decided to publicly announce that they had swapped wives. Both players lived in New Jersey with their families and were good friends. The couples attended a BBQ hosted by Maury Allen, a New York Post sportswriter on July 15, 1972. Both couples arrived separately, but on the way out, Peterson’s wife, Marilyn, left with Kekich and Kekich’s wife, Susanne, got in a car with Peterson. Both couples met at a diner after the party before heading home. They had so much fun that they decided to do it again the next evening. Eventually, Peterson fell for Kekich's wife and Fritz fell for Kekich's. The couples were having so much fun with their newfound arrangements that they decided to make it permanent, thus officially swapping wives ahead of the 1973 campaign. To make the story even more bizarre, it was the men who would change addresses therefore not only swapping wives, but also houses, children, and even the family dogs!! According to New York Magazine, Mike Kekich was quoted as saying: "Don't say this was wife-swapping, because it wasn't. We didn't swap wives, we swapped lives."
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