It reads like the script of a romantic comedy -- but this is real life.
Two Boston Red Sox fans who met on Twitter because of a post from the official team account got married at Fenway Park on Friday morning -- the same the day team received its 2013 World Series championship rings.
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The romance began back on Aug. 10, 2011, when the Red Sox posted this tweet for Shannon Armitage, a huge Boston supporter, at the behest of Armitage's sister, Ashley.
Special birthday shoutout to @Esenay24! Enjoy it!— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) August 10, 2011
That got the attention of one Cody Anderson, a Red Sox fan living in Quincy, Ill.. He followed her and then tweeted this six days later.
@Esenay24 might be the most beautiful and positive #RedSox fan out there! Tweets always seem refreshing!— Jacody (@Jacody4) August 16, 2011
They struck up a little Twitter correspondence, he from Illinois and she from her home in Southwick, Mass. Tweets became texts, bringing their digital courtship to a new level of intimacy. Over Memorial Day weekend in 2012, Armitage visited Anderson in Illinois and they met for the first time. In July 2013, she moved for good.
And that brings us back to Friday, when the couple got married at Fenway Park -- Boston's iconic yard -- just before the actual players received their World Series rings ahead of 2014's home-opening day game. The happy couple calls it a #DoubleRingCeremony (hashtag included).
The couple were kind enough to provide Twitter updates throughout the big day. Cody started with a general statement:
We met on @twitter and now we're having our dream wedding at #FenwayPark @Esenay24 @RedSox #DoubleRingCeremony— Jacody (@Jacody4) April 4, 2014
This was followed by an in-transit update:
On our way to the T! Slowly but surely getting to the "chapel". #FenwayPark #DoubleRingCeremony @Jacody4 #RedSox— Shannon (@Esenay24) April 4, 2014
Anticipation started to build:
Time to walk up... Heart beat is starting to pick up a little bit! Haha @Esenay24 #DoubleRingCeremony pic.twitter.com/o7deyJoE9x— Jacody (@Jacody4) April 4, 2014
Then, finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for:
It's official! Just married! #DoubleRingCeremony @Esenay24 @RedSox pic.twitter.com/GQtMvrkAX3— Jacody (@Jacody4) April 4, 2014
And the obligatory selfie:
#selfie of @Jacody4 and I in our seats for the game! #DoubleRingCeremony pic.twitter.com/P7u14RZU6G— Shannon (@Esenay24) April 4, 2014
But the best part? The Sox-fan lovebirds even got a pic with the Fenway cop whose photo went viral during last year's MLB playoffs:
Had to get a wedding picture with the greatest #BullpenCop in baseball! #DoubleRingCeremony @RedSox @Jacody4 pic.twitter.com/Fwf2nw8sVK— Shannon (@Esenay24) April 4, 2014
Our only question: Who plays them in the movie?