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Garciaparra proposes to soccer star Hamm
Posted: Friday December 06, 2002 7:33 PM
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and soccer star Mia Hamm are engaged.
Garciaparra, a two-time American League batting champion, proposed to Hamm, the top scorer in the history of the U.S. women's national team, during the Thanksgiving holiday, the Boston Herald
reported Friday.
The 29-year-old Garciaparra proposed to the 30-year-old Hamm by bending down on one knee, the newspaper reported.
"You know I'm a traditional, old-fashioned guy so I think you can assume that happened. It was a private moment between me and the person I love. I don't really want to share it," Garciaparra told the newspaper.
The two met at charity event in 1998 and started dating last Thanksgiving, shortly after Hamm divorced her husband of six years, Marine helicopter pilot Christiaan Corry.
Garciaparra told the newspaper the couple is planning to wed "sometime in the next two years."
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