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Bride and groom design a wedding that matches their personalities. The two say 'I do' on a baseball field in Stafford County Date published: 8/24/2009
BY CATHY DYSON The wedding ceremony began with the national anthem and ended with the bride and groom walking arm-in-arm down the third-base line as "Put Me In, Coach" blared from the speakers. Moments before Brynn Mustra and Mark Buchanan were presented as husband and wife, the two read vows they'd written. Standing on the home plate of the Brooke Point High School baseball field, where the groom coaches the junior varsity team, the couple included every baseball metaphor they could work into their brief remarks. He said that God threw him a fast pitch when they met, and that he realized the game was over in terms of other women. She called him her MVP and said his face always lights up, no matter what the score. He said their marriage will be the game of a lifetime, and she called it their own trip to the World Series. The crowd of about 140 friends, relatives and co-workers at the Stafford County school cheered after the Rev. John Cook--dressed as a major league umpire--introduced the married couple to the crowd. A few people in the bride's bleachers started to do the wave. "That was pretty cool," said Jerry Buchanan, cousin of the groom, after the 22-minute ceremony. For him and many others in the crowd, yesterday's service was the first time a diamond--the baseball kind--played such a major role in the union of two people. But as friends and relatives said, the ceremony was vintage Brynn and Mark. "This wedding really matches their personalities," said Candice Young, the bride's sister. "They're both very laid-back and fun." Mary Ellen Cole helped get members of the wedding party into formation--on the bleachers--as her husband, Randy, took photos. He's president of the baseball team's booster club. "It's fun," he said about the sports theme. "It's so them," said his wife, who added that the groom "is just a little boy in an adult body." As it turned out, Buchanan was the most dressed-up person in the wedding. He wore a white tuxedo with white shoes and a white baseball hat. Only when he kissed the bride did he break formality and turn his hat around like a rally cap.
get one more lame pun in this article?
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