A proposal commemorated by a bobblehead

Dizzy with glee for a tailgate engagement

Two missed innings, one first kiss

“Jordan — who is my boyfriend now — had been living in Philly for three years

but had never been to a Phillies game when we met in June 2023. He told me on

our first date he loved playing baseball growing up, so when I discovered he

hadn’t been to a game and wanted to go on a second date, I bought tickets. (I

actually had them in the cart before even asking if he wanted to go with me!)

“Jordan eventually told me that he really liked me because of the Phillies tickets

and what they represented, which is that I’m spontaneous and I take initiative.

“On our approach to the game, we ended up riding the [Broad Street Line] in the opposite direction of the stadium and only discovered two stations before the end of the line. Maybe it was nerves, maybe it was us getting caught up in talk. We watched the Phillies beat the Dodgers, drank tall boys, and got to know each other for the rest of the game, missing only the opening two innings. We shared our first kiss at the end of that evening. — Manayunk native Paige Sulzberg, 25

“My husband, Joseph, asked me out 14 times before I finally said yes — and it was mostly because I had just gone on a really bad date with another guy and Joseph had Phillies tickets.

“Joseph and I were coworkers at a mortgage company. He was shy and nervous and I’m the type to talk my way out of a paper bag, yet he was somehow the one always asking to get dinner or drinks after work. At one point in 2017 I just texted him, ‘So about that date?’ and when he said he had Phils tickets I didn’t ask any other questions. I was in.

Lucky number 14

“My husband, Joseph, asked me out 14 times before I finally said yes — and it was mostly because I had just gone on a really bad date with another guy and Joseph had Phillies tickets.

“Joseph and I were coworkers at a mortgage company. He was shy and nervous and I’m the type to talk my way out of a paper bag, yet he was somehow the one always asking to get dinner or drinks after work. At one point in 2017 I just texted him, ‘So about that date?’ and when he said he had Phils tickets I didn’t ask any other questions. I was in.

“Mine and Andrew’s love story begins five years ago in 2017 at the start of spring training. We would watch every game or listen to them on the radio in our Phillies gear.

“Andrew proposed to me on Oct. 3 of this year during the first wild-card game against the Marlins at Citizens Bank Park. He told me he had been trying to come up with a way to propose that wasn’t awkward since he bought the ring, so when he got last-minute tickets that Tuesday, he got the idea to do it at the stadium.

Crowds were pouring into the stadium as Andrew went down on one knee, and we had a sizable contingent of boisterous Phillies supporters supporting us. The video was shot by his daughter, but we had to add “Dancing on My Own” in the backdrop because it contained a few too many LFGs to share on social media. We intend to include the song on our special day. Jeanne Girard, 42, from Northfield, New Jersey.

“I met my husband, Alex, during Drexel Night at Citizens Bank Park during my sophomore year of college in 2010.

“This was way back when Drexel would give students Phils tickets and two SEPTA tokens for, like, $15 so I went with a few friends from the crew team. Alex and his friends were sitting a few rows in front of us, and though I cannot remember who we played, I remember Alex just being the life of the party.

“When he went to buy something from concessions, I asked his friends if he was single. We exchanged numbers that night, and we’ve been together ever since, now with two kids who we are raising to be Phillies fans.” — Alexandra Yeganeh, 33, Manayunk

“The Phillies are the reason me and my girlfriend Shannon met in the first place.

“Shannon is a Delco girl from a family of diehard Phillies fans and a huge introvert, so when we met on Hinge she wasn’t interested in a dinner or coffee date since she was nervous we wouldn’t have enough to talk about. But when I got Phillies tickets from my Uncle Frank under the guise of taking a friend for our first date, Shannon and I hit it off.

“We moved in together the day before my birthday, which also happened to be the Phillies’ first no-hitter since 2015.” Uncle Frank once again secured Shannon and I seats to the game, so we could relax and watch the Phillies destroy the Washington Nationals and Nick Castellanos smash his 200th career home run.

Our one-year anniversary is this Sunday. I would therefore love The Inquirer nearly as much as I love my girlfriend if this made the newspaper and the Phillies advance to the next round of the playoffs. — 26-year-old James Tow Jackson, Center City