2:39PM Friday
March 1, 2013

Who says true love cannot blossom on social media? Sure, most of the stories emanating from Twitter are about senseless and stupid Twitter wars over lame beefs between pro athletes and other pro athletes or wisenheimer, smart aleck followers - or high-profile athletes being fooled into believing they have a girlfriend who died from leukemia (ahem). But every once in a while, a story like the one involving Minnesota Twins pitcher Vance Worley about how he first met his fiance on Twitter truly illustrates how impersonal online communication rife with risk can be a rewarding and ultimately life-changing experience. When Vance Worley learned he had been traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Minnesota Twins in December, it couldn't have come at a worse time. The moment he found out he had been shipped to the Twinkies, he actually was at a jeweler, waiting to pick up the engagement ring he was going to use to propose to his girlfriend, model/actress Maricel Vivas. To make matters even worse as it relat