Getz's wife travels world on The Amazing Race
MINNEAPOLIS -- Finally, the secret is out. The mission has been disclosed.
The race is over. Only the result is not known, at least publicly.
The wives of two Major League players, Royals second baseman Chris Getz and
Rays outfielder David DeJesus, are contestants on the new season of "The
Amazing Race" on CBS.
Nicky Getz and Kim DeJesus mysteriously disappeared for more than a month
this summer, trekking 35,000 miles around the world, to make the reality
show. They were competing with 10 other two-person teams for a $1 million
prize, and it was all very hush-hush.
"We had the best time ever; it was such a great adventure," Nicky Getz said.
"It was so great to have Kim with me."
CBS announced the participants Wednesday, and there is another team with a
sports connection: Chester Pitts II and Ephraim Salaam, who were NFL
teammates with the Houston Texans. Yep, the women had some tough competition.
Chris Getz's initial reaction to the Nicky-Kim globetrotting?
"I was shocked," he said.
"We traveled like all over the world; it was amazing," Nicky Getz said.
"Unfortunately, we didn't have our cell phones or email or anything, so I
didn't get to talk to Chris for a while, but other than that, it was the best
experience ever."
The no-communications edict was true enough, her husband said.
"That month was pretty interesting," Getz said. "While they were gone,
DeJesus went on the DL for a separated shoulder for six weeks, and I was
demoted to the Minor Leagues. So it shows how much we need our wives around."
The wives got that news when they got back just before the All-Star break.
"Nicky said, 'Oh, the wheels definitely fall off when the women go away,'"
Getz said.
The show will debut Sunday, Sept. 29, and Nicky said she could not reveal
many details. Suffice to say, the network press release mentioned paragliding
in Chile, a "bone-chilling plunge" in Norway and Formula One racing in Abu
Dhabi.
"She definitely did some things that she would have never done on a regular
vacation, let's put it that way," Getz said.
He was asked if his wife was normally a daring person.
"Not really," he said. "That's another reason I was encouraging her to do it.
I knew it was going to be a challenge. Opportunities like this don't come
around very often, so I figured, 'Go for it.' You're young, it's just you and
I, and we don't have family. This will just be a really cool experience
you'll never forget, and we'll be talking about it for the rest of our lives."
Kim and Nicky have been friends since they met, when both of their husbands
were playing for the Royals. During Spring Training this year, "The Amazing
Race" approached them about being a baseball wives team, and they accepted.
"It was harder for Kim because she has a son, so it was a little bit hard for
her to decide, but at that time they were in Chicago [with the Cubs], so her
parents babysat," Nicky said.
The race, she said, had 11 different legs.
"Each clue we had, we just went to the different country that they instructed
us to. So it was a great adventure," she said.
"I'm looking forward to everyone watching it so they can see how far we got.
We know how we did, but I think that's supposed to be a secret."
The baseball-playing husbands were somewhat amused by their wives'
participation.
"We were laughing about it, wondering if they were still in the race," Getz
said. "And we still are. They can only say so much, so it'll be fun to see it
unfold in the fall."
The best part of the race?
"She came back in one piece," he said.
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Getz跟DeJesus的老婆都有參加....
2人都蠻漂亮的....不過參加這個挺威的
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