(TAMPABAY) — ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The young woman in cowboy boots strode onto the infield turf, waving to the crowd of 10,000 at Monday's Tampa Bay Rays' game, readying herself to throw out the first pitch.
A man in a blue jacket ran out to her, to present her with the ball. On it, he had inked in red: WILL YOU MARRY ME?
She gasped. He sunk to one knee and opened a little black box. He looked up at the woman who, three years ago, he found close to death on the pavement outside of her home. Who, somehow, he knew would survive. Who he had come to love.