--- title: Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring During Proposal description: A Yankees fan who decided to pop the question during New York's Tuesday night game against the Red Sox was in for an unpleasant surprise. canonical: https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T16:51:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:07.104Z og:title: Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring on Live Scoreboard Proposal og:description: She still said yes, though og:url: https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring on Live Scoreboard Proposal twitter:description: She still said yes, though twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring During Live Scoreboard Proposal  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 4:51 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 4:51 PM UTC A [Yankees](http://time.com/4442325/alex-rodriguez-yankees-retirement-baseball/) fan who decided to [pop the question](http://time.com/money/3702026/valentines-creative-ways-propose-marriage/) during New York’s Tuesday night game against the Boston Red Sox was in for an unpleasant surprise when he discovered he had [dropped the engagement ring](http://time.com/4014646/man-drops-ring-ocean/). As the proposal unfolded live on the scoreboard, the entire stadium — along with fans at home — watched as the couple desperately searched the stands for an agonizingly long minute of uncertainty. “He fumbles right away — I mean he’s nervous,” the announcers narrated. “This is like one of the big moments of his life and now he can’t find the ring, the box is empty. Oh that poor guy.” Thankfully, the ring was eventually recovered, leading to a huge cheer from the crowd and what looked like a resounding ‘yes’ from the girlfriend. Watch the full clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/MLB/status/780937626811588609) > [](https://twitter.com/MLB/status/780937626811588609) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/"},"headline":"Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring During Live Scoreboard Proposal","datePublished":"2016-09-28T16:51:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:07.104Z","description":"She still said yes, though","url":"https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","Baseball","New York Yankees","sports fans","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4511636/yankees-fan-loses-ring-proposal/","name":"Yankees Fan Loses Engagement Ring During Live Scoreboard Proposal"}}]}] ```