Casey Janssen popping the question while skydiving and the rest of MLB's sweetest marriage proposals
The sweetest MLB marriage proposal stories
For the players, managers, coaches, scouts, executives, reporters, groundskeepers, ballpark attendants, concessions vendors and anyone else even marginally connected to the game, baseball is a labor of love. But we're all human, so that passion is not confined to the professional quadrant of our lives.
With the spirit of Valentine's Day in mind, let's take a look at the best wedding proposal stories from across the world of baseball. From private moments on a secluded foreign shore to grand gestures of love in front of thousands of cheering MLB fans, each of the following stories is primed to hit you right in the feels.
Get the tissues ready before you dive in and be sure to let your person know how you feel as soon as you're done.
Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen ... popped the question on The Ellen Show.
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw ... asked for his wife's hand in marriage after a day at Six Flags and a Wolfgang Puck dinner.
Clayton and Ellen Kershaw met as freshmen in high school and, as Kershaw tells the story, his marriage proposal to her took so long she probably had given up that it would ever happen.
When Ellen came home to Dallas from college for Thanksgiving after Kershaw's third professional season, again, no ring. So over Christmas break, Kershaw figured it was time.
They spent the day at Six Flags and Kershaw even splurged for a VIP pass to cut the lines. They limoed to the iconic rotating Reunion Tower restaurant in Dallas for a Wolfgang Puck gourmet dinner, returned to his townhouse, that that's where he popped the question and she said yes.
-- Ken Gurnick/MLB.com
When Ellen came home to Dallas from college for Thanksgiving after Kershaw's third professional season, again, no ring. So over Christmas break, Kershaw figured it was time.
They spent the day at Six Flags and Kershaw even splurged for a VIP pass to cut the lines. They limoed to the iconic rotating Reunion Tower restaurant in Dallas for a Wolfgang Puck gourmet dinner, returned to his townhouse, that that's where he popped the question and she said yes.
-- Ken Gurnick/MLB.com
Nationals relief pitcher Casey Janssen ... proposed while skydiving.
Best day ever!!!! We are engaged! #fairytaleproposal @LaurSpear pic.twitter.com/7AHadCiCds
- Casey Janssen (@CaseyJanssen) January 29, 2014Cubs manager Joe Maddon ... got down on bended knee at 1:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the liquor store he worked at while playing in the Minors.
In June 2007, she met him in Denver, where the team had an interleague series with the Colorado Rockies. Though it was late, Joe said he wanted to take her on a road trip to Boulder, where he played semipro ball for Bauldie Moschetti's Boulder Collegians in the mid-1970s. Show her his favorite haunts, take in some of those great memories.
In the dark, he couldn't find Scotty Carpenter Field, the old ballpark where the team played. So after a meal of burgers, fries and beer at his old hangout, the Dark Horse, he headed over to Moschetti's store, Baseline Liquors, where cash-strapped players such as Joe would work to help pay the bills.
On bended knee in the parking lot, Joe proposed to his future bride. It was 1:30 a.m.
In the dark, he couldn't find Scotty Carpenter Field, the old ballpark where the team played. So after a meal of burgers, fries and beer at his old hangout, the Dark Horse, he headed over to Moschetti's store, Baseline Liquors, where cash-strapped players such as Joe would work to help pay the bills.
On bended knee in the parking lot, Joe proposed to his future bride. It was 1:30 a.m.
Athletics catcher Stephen Vogt ... led his wife to his marriage proposal with a trail of rose petals.
[Vogt and wife Alyssa] were student-athletes at Azusa Pacific University, he on the baseball team and she on the basketball team. Following her team banquet during her senior season, Alyssa returned to her apartment with Stephen to get homework done -- though he had a different plan in mind.
Says Alyssa: "We walk into my apartment to see the entire living room cleared out. He had his teammates set up a zigzag path of rose petals and tea-lit candles with four art easels set up at the end of each turn of the walkway. There were a dozen roses underneath each easel and a picture on each easel. Stephen proceeded to explain why each picture was special and the moment that it represented in our relationship."
There was one final picture at the end of the walkway:
"It was covered and surrounded by a semi-circle of candles and vases with roses," Alyssa remembers. "He told me to close my eyes, and I opened them to find a blown-up picture of the ring revealed and Stephen down on one knee. He proposed, I said yes, then he had an area set up as a dance floor on the other side of the room. We danced to Lonestar's "Amazed" and then sat down on the floor and reflected for about 45 minutes.
"Stephen had arranged for all of our friends to show up at my apartment and we immediately had an engagement party that night. Truly a romantic night I will remember forever."
-- Jane Lee/MLB.com
Says Alyssa: "We walk into my apartment to see the entire living room cleared out. He had his teammates set up a zigzag path of rose petals and tea-lit candles with four art easels set up at the end of each turn of the walkway. There were a dozen roses underneath each easel and a picture on each easel. Stephen proceeded to explain why each picture was special and the moment that it represented in our relationship."
There was one final picture at the end of the walkway:
"It was covered and surrounded by a semi-circle of candles and vases with roses," Alyssa remembers. "He told me to close my eyes, and I opened them to find a blown-up picture of the ring revealed and Stephen down on one knee. He proposed, I said yes, then he had an area set up as a dance floor on the other side of the room. We danced to Lonestar's "Amazed" and then sat down on the floor and reflected for about 45 minutes.
"Stephen had arranged for all of our friends to show up at my apartment and we immediately had an engagement party that night. Truly a romantic night I will remember forever."
-- Jane Lee/MLB.com
Orioles national anthem singer Michael Fries ... proposed after singing the national anthem at Camden Yards.
White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams ... botched his marriage proposal after Christmas Eve mass.
It was Christmas Eve and Williams had intended to pop the question [to NBC Chicago Morning News co-anchor Zoraida Sambolin] after midnight mass at Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago, where Sambolin's mother and father were married. But Williams admittedly got a little anxious on that particular night.
"Everyone was at the house," said Williams, recounting the story with a broad smile. "The mood kind of overwhelmed me and I called her up to my office at home. And this was after she had put on her sweats, which didn't make her happy. I said, 'Here. Would you like to get married?'
"I messed it all up. And you know of course she said yes, obviously."
On the next day, Williams asked Sambolin to pretend as if nothing happened the night before and then explained his original proposal plan.
-- Scott Merkin/MLB.com
"Everyone was at the house," said Williams, recounting the story with a broad smile. "The mood kind of overwhelmed me and I called her up to my office at home. And this was after she had put on her sweats, which didn't make her happy. I said, 'Here. Would you like to get married?'
"I messed it all up. And you know of course she said yes, obviously."
On the next day, Williams asked Sambolin to pretend as if nothing happened the night before and then explained his original proposal plan.
-- Scott Merkin/MLB.com
And former White Sox reliever Kelly Wunsch ... proposed in full Mighty Casey mascot costume.
Wunsch started the game in full baseball uniform but changed into the mascot costume somewhere between the first and second innings. He even participated in the mascot race before the second inning.
There was a promotion at the ballpark called "If The Shoe Fits," which Wunsch compared to the popular and long-running game show "Let's Make A Deal." Fans could choose a prize from one of three boots on a table, sponsored by a local shoe store, or take the gift coupons Casey was holding.
Thanks to Wunsch's setup, Jessica was pre-selected and her then-boyfriend was ready. He offered her the gift coupons, flowers and then a bottle of champagne, which Jessica turned down, before dropping down to one knee and proposing in between the second and third innings.
"She claims she didn't know it was me," said Wunsch, who currently lives in Austin, Texas, with Jessica and their two sons while working as a custom home builder. "She kind of tackled me and gave me a big hug. All 1,500 or 2,000 people at the game gave us a big standing ovation."
Scott Merkin/MLB.com
There was a promotion at the ballpark called "If The Shoe Fits," which Wunsch compared to the popular and long-running game show "Let's Make A Deal." Fans could choose a prize from one of three boots on a table, sponsored by a local shoe store, or take the gift coupons Casey was holding.
Thanks to Wunsch's setup, Jessica was pre-selected and her then-boyfriend was ready. He offered her the gift coupons, flowers and then a bottle of champagne, which Jessica turned down, before dropping down to one knee and proposing in between the second and third innings.
"She claims she didn't know it was me," said Wunsch, who currently lives in Austin, Texas, with Jessica and their two sons while working as a custom home builder. "She kind of tackled me and gave me a big hug. All 1,500 or 2,000 people at the game gave us a big standing ovation."
Scott Merkin/MLB.com
Cardinals pitcher Marco Gonzales ... got on bended knee in the sand with the backdrop of a Mexican sunrise.
Gonzales catapulted from high-A to the Majors in his first full season with the organization. By the time the season ended, he was the most reliable lefty reliever manager Mike Matheny had in his 'pen.
But there was another high note on which Gonzales' year ended, as he executed a sunrise proposal to which his girlfriend, Monica Zender, accepted. The two spent the weeks leading up to the "I do" moment snowshoeing in Colorado, catching a Clippers game in Los Angeles, hiking in Washington and enjoying a fish pedicure in Mexico. It was there in Mexico, three days before the end of 2014, that Gonzales lured Zender to the beach and then dropped to his knee just as the sun poked above the horizon.
-- Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com
But there was another high note on which Gonzales' year ended, as he executed a sunrise proposal to which his girlfriend, Monica Zender, accepted. The two spent the weeks leading up to the "I do" moment snowshoeing in Colorado, catching a Clippers game in Los Angeles, hiking in Washington and enjoying a fish pedicure in Mexico. It was there in Mexico, three days before the end of 2014, that Gonzales lured Zender to the beach and then dropped to his knee just as the sun poked above the horizon.
-- Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com
New Rays catcher/DH John Jaso ... proposed at the end of a hiking trip to his terrified girlfriend at the end of a six-mile hike in Northern California.
Royals broadcaster Rex Hudler ... bought two engagement rings. Ya know, just in case.
"I knew I had to do a pretty good selling job," Hudler said by phone. "I got one ring, which was pretty nice, a nice diamond. But then I also got a second one that was twice as expensive, twice as big."
It was the spring of 1987 and Hudler was in the Baltimore Orioles organization training in south Florida when he decided to pop the question to his girlfriend, Jennifer.
"So we're out on this tall ship [thanks to some advice from Cal Ripken Jr.], the Spirit of Miami , and after about an hour of taking in the sunset I get down on one knee," Hudler said. "I pull out the smaller ring and say, 'Jennifer, you're the perfect girl for me and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'
"Then there's total silence for what seemed like an hour but it was probably just a minute or so. Then I put the smaller ring in my pocket and pulled out the bigger ring and showed it to her and she just started laughing. Then she said, 'OK,' and we celebrated the rest of the night."
-- Jeff Flanagan/MLB.com
It was the spring of 1987 and Hudler was in the Baltimore Orioles organization training in south Florida when he decided to pop the question to his girlfriend, Jennifer.
"So we're out on this tall ship [thanks to some advice from Cal Ripken Jr.], the Spirit of Miami , and after about an hour of taking in the sunset I get down on one knee," Hudler said. "I pull out the smaller ring and say, 'Jennifer, you're the perfect girl for me and I want to spend the rest of my life with you.'
"Then there's total silence for what seemed like an hour but it was probably just a minute or so. Then I put the smaller ring in my pocket and pulled out the bigger ring and showed it to her and she just started laughing. Then she said, 'OK,' and we celebrated the rest of the night."
-- Jeff Flanagan/MLB.com
Cubs outfielder Matt Szczur ... proposed on a broadway stage before "Chicago: The Musical!"
"I proposed to her on the stage before the show with the cast members there," Szczur said. "I proposed before the show, and then we went back at intermission and took pictures with the cast members."
"She had no idea," Szczur said, smiling.
Why pick that musical?
"It was her grandmother's favorite Broadway show," Szczur said. "We were in New York City at the time, so we did 'Chicago' -- I play for the Cubs, so it was good."
-- Carrie Muskat/MLB.com
"She had no idea," Szczur said, smiling.
Why pick that musical?
"It was her grandmother's favorite Broadway show," Szczur said. "We were in New York City at the time, so we did 'Chicago' -- I play for the Cubs, so it was good."
-- Carrie Muskat/MLB.com
D-backs media relations guru Jim Myers ... popped the question at the top of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge.
"I actually heard several people say that if you do one thing in Sydney you need to go do the bridge climb," Myers said. "So I thought it was something that would be special for Monica and something she would remember forever."
You're not allowed to carry anything with you on the bridge climb, but Myers was given by the tour guide a wristband with a string attached so he could tie it to the ring to prevent the possibility of it falling.
"The whole time going up the bridge, there's a great tour that they give, a lot of good information that they give and I didn't hear a single word our tour guide said on the way up," Myers said. "I was pretty focused at that point at that point. I was honed in on my speech at the top of the bridge. And when it came time to ask her, I had forgotten all of it, I had no idea what I was saying. So I didn't hear any of the tour and when I got to the top everything that I had planned to say went right out the window."
She said yes drawing applause from the D-backs players, who were also on the climb.
-- Steve Gilbert/MLB.com
You're not allowed to carry anything with you on the bridge climb, but Myers was given by the tour guide a wristband with a string attached so he could tie it to the ring to prevent the possibility of it falling.
"The whole time going up the bridge, there's a great tour that they give, a lot of good information that they give and I didn't hear a single word our tour guide said on the way up," Myers said. "I was pretty focused at that point at that point. I was honed in on my speech at the top of the bridge. And when it came time to ask her, I had forgotten all of it, I had no idea what I was saying. So I didn't hear any of the tour and when I got to the top everything that I had planned to say went right out the window."
She said yes drawing applause from the D-backs players, who were also on the climb.
-- Steve Gilbert/MLB.com
Astros outfielder Alex Presley ... used an engagement ring to decorate a Christmas tree.
First, he had to devise a plan, which meant trying to coerce his girlfriend into a room so she could wrap his presents while he hung the ring on the Christmas tree. Easier said than done.
"She wouldn't go and I was getting frustrated," Presley said. "I was going to take the ring and hang it on the tree with a piece of twine or something. She finally went back there and I picked up and put it on the tree.
"It's all lit up and you can't even see that it's on there. I could have left it on there for the entire time we were there. I put in on there, and I was like, 'I hope I can find this thing.' You really couldn't see it. I knew I had to get her by the tree."
"She was putting my stuff under the tree, and I felt kind of weird standing by her, standing by the tree," he said. "I said, 'When do you want to exchange our gifts?' She's like, 'I don't care, just whenever.' I said, 'How about right now?' I found the ring and grabbed it off [the tree] and I did it right there. That's the story."
-- Brian McTaggart/MLB.com
"She wouldn't go and I was getting frustrated," Presley said. "I was going to take the ring and hang it on the tree with a piece of twine or something. She finally went back there and I picked up and put it on the tree.
"It's all lit up and you can't even see that it's on there. I could have left it on there for the entire time we were there. I put in on there, and I was like, 'I hope I can find this thing.' You really couldn't see it. I knew I had to get her by the tree."
"She was putting my stuff under the tree, and I felt kind of weird standing by her, standing by the tree," he said. "I said, 'When do you want to exchange our gifts?' She's like, 'I don't care, just whenever.' I said, 'How about right now?' I found the ring and grabbed it off [the tree] and I did it right there. That's the story."
-- Brian McTaggart/MLB.com
Giants second baseman Joe Panik ... gave his girlfriend a holiday surprise in Central Park:
On Dec. 17, Panik and Brittany took a train from the New York suburbs into Manhattan. They planned to explore the city and celebrate Brittany's birthday, which happened to be the next day.
But Panik changed the nature of the entire day -- just as he did in the third inning of World Series Game 7, when he dove for Eric Hosmer's grounder up the middle to start a remarkable double play.
As Panik related, he and Brittany left the train at 72nd street and began strolling through Central Park. Shortly before noon, their walk led them onto Bow Bridge, the famed cast-iron structure that has made cameo appearances in movies such as "Autumn in New York," "Night at the Museum," "Spider-Man 3," "Made of Honor" and "When in Rome."
After seeing one of these movies, Brittany was smitten by the bridge. No wonder; New Yorkers regard it as one of the city's most romantic sites. "It's a bridge she always liked," Panik said.
Panik and Brittany are high school sweethearts who began dating in 2006 at age 15. But as thoroughly as Brittany knows her man, she was surprised when Panik stopped to ask The Big Question. "I think I threw her off a little bit," he said.
As it turned out, Panik's recollection of Brittany's brief mention of the bridge helped make the proposal special.
"It wasn't anything really crazy," Panik said. "But it was in the middle of Central Park. It was something different. ... I just wanted to make her happy, that's the main thing."
-- Chris Haft/MLB.com
But Panik changed the nature of the entire day -- just as he did in the third inning of World Series Game 7, when he dove for Eric Hosmer's grounder up the middle to start a remarkable double play.
As Panik related, he and Brittany left the train at 72nd street and began strolling through Central Park. Shortly before noon, their walk led them onto Bow Bridge, the famed cast-iron structure that has made cameo appearances in movies such as "Autumn in New York," "Night at the Museum," "Spider-Man 3," "Made of Honor" and "When in Rome."
After seeing one of these movies, Brittany was smitten by the bridge. No wonder; New Yorkers regard it as one of the city's most romantic sites. "It's a bridge she always liked," Panik said.
Panik and Brittany are high school sweethearts who began dating in 2006 at age 15. But as thoroughly as Brittany knows her man, she was surprised when Panik stopped to ask The Big Question. "I think I threw her off a little bit," he said.
As it turned out, Panik's recollection of Brittany's brief mention of the bridge helped make the proposal special.
"It wasn't anything really crazy," Panik said. "But it was in the middle of Central Park. It was something different. ... I just wanted to make her happy, that's the main thing."
-- Chris Haft/MLB.com
New Padres catcher Derek Norris ... made his All-Star Weekend all the more special:
"We flew from Seattle on a private charter that [Scott] Kazmir helped pay for, and got to the hotel where I met my mom, my host mom from A-ball and my high school coach's wife. My mom gave me the ring I had made up [previously]. I knew I had to do it that night.
"We got back up to the room and I proposed to her [Kristen], and we ordered up some champagne. I wanted to propose on a special weekend, and I'm not one who wants the limelight for me; I wanted to make the weekend more than just about me. I didn't think I would be as nervous as I was. But I don't think I could have drawn it up any better. I got engaged, I got to see my teammate [Yoenis Cespedes] win the Home Run Derby and I got a hit in the All-Star Game."
-- Corey Brock/MLB.com
"We got back up to the room and I proposed to her [Kristen], and we ordered up some champagne. I wanted to propose on a special weekend, and I'm not one who wants the limelight for me; I wanted to make the weekend more than just about me. I didn't think I would be as nervous as I was. But I don't think I could have drawn it up any better. I got engaged, I got to see my teammate [Yoenis Cespedes] win the Home Run Derby and I got a hit in the All-Star Game."
-- Corey Brock/MLB.com
Rockies assistant director of communications Nick Piburn surprised his then-girlfriend following a Rockies game in 2008:
"We went to the top of Loveland Pass. There is a glacier lake. No one else was there. As soon as we parked, the skies brightened and it stopped raining, so we were able to have our picnic.
"We went down by the lake and I told her we'll take a picture. She had a camera with a timer on it. The first one I knew wasn't going to work, so I made a bad face. Just before the second one, I dropped to a knee, and the camera snapped."
-- Thomas Harding/MLB.com
"We went down by the lake and I told her we'll take a picture. She had a camera with a timer on it. The first one I knew wasn't going to work, so I made a bad face. Just before the second one, I dropped to a knee, and the camera snapped."
-- Thomas Harding/MLB.com
Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis was forced to endure two very difficult weeks before he could pop the question. As his wife, Jenny, recalls:
"Colby proposed to me in April 2002. He was in the big leagues with the Rangers at the time. He bought the ring in Bakersfield, [Calif.], and had his parents keep it. When the team played the Angels in Anaheim, myself and both of our families were going to drive up for the series, and unbeknownst to me, he was going to propose with everyone there.
"Just before the buses take the guys to the plane, mind you, Colby was dressed in his suit, packed and ready to go, and manager Jerry Narron called him into his office and sent him to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
"He was obviously so sad, and had to have the ring sent from California to Oklahoma City. He held onto the ring for two weeks until I was able to take a break from school and fly out to see him. Once I landed in Oklahoma City, he drove me to an empty field, took a walk, and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.
"After I said yes, he told me it had been the longest two weeks of his life, hanging on to the engagement ring, and then told me the whole story."
-- T.R. Sullivan/MLB.com
"Just before the buses take the guys to the plane, mind you, Colby was dressed in his suit, packed and ready to go, and manager Jerry Narron called him into his office and sent him to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
"He was obviously so sad, and had to have the ring sent from California to Oklahoma City. He held onto the ring for two weeks until I was able to take a break from school and fly out to see him. Once I landed in Oklahoma City, he drove me to an empty field, took a walk, and he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.
"After I said yes, he told me it had been the longest two weeks of his life, hanging on to the engagement ring, and then told me the whole story."
-- T.R. Sullivan/MLB.com
Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart ... proposed by a roaring fire while on vacation.
"I'm a traditional guy so I talked to her Dad and talked to her family," Barnhart said. "We were in Vail, Colorado, for a little vacation and decided to do it there. We were outside by the fire pit and stuff. We had some wine and I asked her out there.
"I had never been so nervous in my life. I don't think I was that nervous on my [Major League] debut. It was pretty crazy. She was crying. I could hardly get any words out because I was stumbling over them. She said yes, obviously."
-- Mark Sheldon/MLB.com
"I had never been so nervous in my life. I don't think I was that nervous on my [Major League] debut. It was pretty crazy. She was crying. I could hardly get any words out because I was stumbling over them. She said yes, obviously."
-- Mark Sheldon/MLB.com
Indians outfielder Zach Walters ... received an uncomfortable response.
"We were up at a big ranch up there," Walters recalled. "There's this river with a bridge and there's a log cabin right in front of the river. So, I took her over to the cabin and walked across the bridge. She had no idea. She wasn't expecting it. I stopped halfway on the bridge over the water. She kind of kept walking. I told her to stop and she turned around. I said her full name and got down on a knee. She didn't answer right away. She just started crying."
The waterworks then lasted a little long for Walters' comfort.
"She didn't answer me for a good four or five minutes. She just cried the whole time," he said. "I was just like, 'OK, did I do something wrong?' Finally, after it was kind of awkward, I said, 'So, what's the answer?' She just came over and gave me a hug and cried on my shoulder. I was like, 'All right, I think that's a yes.'"
-- Jordan Bastian/MLB.com
The waterworks then lasted a little long for Walters' comfort.
"She didn't answer me for a good four or five minutes. She just cried the whole time," he said. "I was just like, 'OK, did I do something wrong?' Finally, after it was kind of awkward, I said, 'So, what's the answer?' She just came over and gave me a hug and cried on my shoulder. I was like, 'All right, I think that's a yes.'"
-- Jordan Bastian/MLB.com
Marlins righty Tom Koehler ... interrupted a softball game to pop the question.
Tom prepared to pop the question to Ashley, his college sweetheart at Stony Brook University, in October 2010 during an alumni softball game. With the coaches in on the surprise, time-out was called and a mound visit took place during Ashley's at-bat.
As the coach headed to talk to the pitcher, Tom walked up to the plate and sprung the question.
"It was funny -- she kind of shook her head," Koehler said. "She never actually said yes."
A gamer, Ashley initially wanted to keep playing.
"She tried to hand me back the ring," Koehler said. "She wanted to finish up her at-bat."
-- Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
As the coach headed to talk to the pitcher, Tom walked up to the plate and sprung the question.
"It was funny -- she kind of shook her head," Koehler said. "She never actually said yes."
A gamer, Ashley initially wanted to keep playing.
"She tried to hand me back the ring," Koehler said. "She wanted to finish up her at-bat."
-- Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
Red Sox utility player Brock Holt ... kept things low key.
After a nice dinner at a restaurant on Fort Myers Beach, Brock suggested the couple take a walk. Not long into the stroll, he got down on one knee and asked Lakyn to be his wife.
Some of his Red Sox teammates had encouraged him to do something more elaborate. David Ross had mentioned how he used a dolphin as a prop for his engagement. But the low-key Brock stayed true to his personality, and Lakyn was thrilled.
"That's how we are, and that's how our wedding was. I like the way he did it," Lakyn Holt said.
-- Ian Browne/MLB.com
Some of his Red Sox teammates had encouraged him to do something more elaborate. David Ross had mentioned how he used a dolphin as a prop for his engagement. But the low-key Brock stayed true to his personality, and Lakyn was thrilled.
"That's how we are, and that's how our wedding was. I like the way he did it," Lakyn Holt said.
-- Ian Browne/MLB.com
New Yankees first baseman and outfielder Garrett Jones ... already has a pretty special New York memory.
"We'd just finished up the season in Pittsburgh and drove to New York City," Jones said. "I planned it out to spend a few days there sightseeing, going to Broadway shows, going to comedy shows and just seeing the city. We had a beautiful day walking all through Central Park and I had an idea that I wanted to get engaged there, but I didn't know where or exactly how. I was just kind of doing it on the fly.
"I knew they had boats in the river there, and I thought that would be awesome. We ended up getting in line too late and they were shutting it down, so I was starting to panic a little bit. I had the ring box in my pocket the whole time, so I'm wondering if she's going to find it. We're walking around, and I ended up finding this bench on top of a little hill, and there was no one really around.
"I took her up there and we sat down, talked and it was a good moment. I got on one knee and asked her. It worked out great. She was totally shocked, and that's what I was going for. She was extremely happy, and we took a horse carriage back to the hotel. It was definitely a special moment and something we'll always have in our hearts for New York and Central Park as well."
-- Bryan Hoch/MLB.com
"I knew they had boats in the river there, and I thought that would be awesome. We ended up getting in line too late and they were shutting it down, so I was starting to panic a little bit. I had the ring box in my pocket the whole time, so I'm wondering if she's going to find it. We're walking around, and I ended up finding this bench on top of a little hill, and there was no one really around.
"I took her up there and we sat down, talked and it was a good moment. I got on one knee and asked her. It worked out great. She was totally shocked, and that's what I was going for. She was extremely happy, and we took a horse carriage back to the hotel. It was definitely a special moment and something we'll always have in our hearts for New York and Central Park as well."
-- Bryan Hoch/MLB.com
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