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Justin Verlander Strikes Out Proposing To Kate Upton—Find Out Why She Said No To Marriage!
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Justin Verlander may be used to striking players out but he’s not used to striking out himself. The Detroit Tigers pitcher popped the question to Kate Upton over the holiday, but the supermodel said no, a source told OK! Magazine exclusively! Talk about an error!
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Justin Verlander may be used to striking players out but he’s not used to striking out himself. The Detroit Tigers pitcher popped the question to Kate Upton over the holiday, but the supermodel said no, a source told OK! Magazine exclusively! Talk about an error!
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The 31-year-old player has been dating Upton, 22, on-and-off for two years and Justin thought it was time to get more serious.
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According to the insider, he planned to seal the deal with the “Sexiest Woman Alive” with a romantic holiday proposal but she said no!
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“She feels like she has years to be a wife,” the source told OK!, “and she’s so confident in her relationship that she knows Justin will wait.”
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He may just wait, too! The source added that Justin thinks Kate is his “dream girl” and really enjoys the chase.
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This is not the first time the buxom blonde received a marriage proposal, either. And no it’s not from, you know, everyone on the planet that saw her Sports Illustrated cover.
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Last year, Kate was attending an Orlando Magic game—with Justin—when the team mascot, Stuff the Magic Dragon, proposed to her!
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Of course she said no, though she later joked about it on Twitter, so maybe that would make Justin feel better to know he wasn’t the only one denied!