Veteran sports journalist Phil Pepe wants you to know his newest book is not a memoir. His philosophy is that most people don’t care about the writer, how he got his job, the day-to-day doings of the craft. I disagree, but that’s just me. Pepe, who recently turned 80, has been covering baseball since the […]
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As Dan Epstein over at Big Hair & Plastic Grass reminds us, “On this date in 1973, Yankee pitchers Fritz Peterson (front) and Mike Kekich (second from left) shock their team, baseball, and the country with the announcement that they’ve swapped families — their wives, children and pets are all included in the deal.” Seems […]
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I exchanged a few e-mails with Fritz Peterson recently, wishing him birthday nachas. He said he was excited that the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck project about the family-switching he did with Yankee teammate Mike Kekich was being made into a feature film. But evidently not everyone is enthralled with that possibility. I can understand Kekich’s point […]
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As in Fritz Peterson, the former pitcher for the New York Yankees who caused a major stir back in 1973 when he and teammate Mike Kekich swapped families. Peterson, who finished an 11-year career with a record of 133-131 (including a 20-win season in 1970), has published his story in Mickey Mantle is Going to […]
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