Sleeping With the Enemy

Some catch: Ohio coach proposes to rival on field
AP

CINCINNATI -An Ohio high school softball coach threw a curve at the rival team's coach when he dropped to one knee on the diamond and asked for her hand in marriage.

Glen Este High School varsity coach Tim Gregory and Milford High School coach Christy Foster had been dating more than two years before Wednesday's proposal.

Gregory says "softball is really what brought us together." Foster, of course, said yes to the proposal and called it perfect.

The ensuing game wasn't, though. Gregory's team won 1 to 0.

If I was one of Tim Gregory's players I would have no respect for him at all. In fact right after his proposal I might have walked off the field and quit the team. How can you respect someone who is openly fraternizing with the rival team. At that point you have to start questioning his allegiance. This reminds me of the great Gordon Bombay/Hot Iceland Chick debacle of the 1994 Goodwill Games. Almost cost them the gold and that Hendricks Sports endorsement.