Imagine for a second that you lived your entire life in Philadelphia.
One day, while walking down Broad street after a day in Center City, you bump into a beautiful young woman running to catch the next SEPTA bus home.
You excuse yourself politely, she smiles, and the next thing you know the two of you are having terrific conversation over a terrific dinner at Bookbinders.
There is an instant connection, and eventually the relationship become serious. So serious, that after only a few months, you realize this is the woman you wish to spend the rest of your life with.
Being the hopeless romantic, and sports fanatic that you are, you buy a ring for your sweetheart, and then purchase some tickets to Phillies game. You make some phone calls, and you are able to arrange for your marriage proposal to be posted on the scoreboard at Citizen's Bank Park.
It will be the perfect night, for the perfect beginning of a perfect life together.
The day of the game, you inform you sweetheart that you've just purchased baseball tickets for that night's game against the rival New York Mets. Since she already works in the city, she decides to meet you at t...
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