There’s nothing like going to a baseball game. Late spring and summer offer wonderful weather to go sit in the stands, enjoy some ballpark food, and watch the team play. Even if you’re not a huge baseball fan, you can go and carry on a conversation with others around you or, of course, who you came to the game with.

If baseball plays a big part in your romance, or it’s just something you and your sweetie love to do when the weather turns warm, here are a couple ideas to use the love of the game to propose.

1. Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Plant a surprise for your sweetie to find in her baseball game snack. Whether it’s peanuts, cracker jacks, popcorn, or nachos, you can find a way to present her ring in a way that she won’t eat it and you’ll get a “YES!”

2. Root for the Home Team. If you’re somewhere with a local team, or in a great spot to attend a game, there’s no better atmosphere if it’s a place you love to go with your significant other. If you’re going to a local spot, I bet you can easily work your way into the agenda for the game and get your proposal over the loudspeaker or even get to propose on the field. If you’re just attending a game, you can still find a way to make it special.

3. Hey, Batter Batter. Whether it’s a foul ball or one you got to be signed by players, ask your girlfriend that question by writing it on the baseball. Maybe someone hits a foul ball in your direction and you don’t get it, but you take that moment to present her with a baseball of your own. “Couldn’t catch you that one, babe, but maybe this one will mean more.” See what I mean?

4. Home Run. The first home run of the game, get down on one knee and ask if she’ll spend the rest of her life with you hitting it out of the park… or some kind of cheesy baseball analogy. If this is your guys’ thing, she’ll eat it up.

5. Pitch It. Write in with your proposal idea and see if you or your girlfriend can be selected to pitch one of the first balls of the game. If she pitches, run out on to the field and propose to her afterwards. If you pitch, have someone in on it so they can lead her on to the field for the big moment. It will be a game you’ll never forget and always talk about.

If none of these work, you can always do what Kanye did and just rent out a stadium and propose with everyone looking on with a party waiting to celebrate. No pressure, right?

Emily

Photo Credit: Picture/painting by Michael Naples.