He sees Wendell for the first time at a game. By the middle of the game while he’s in the dugout, he feels a shift in his universe. She was the one. His soulmate, his everything. After the game he found her, and even without knowing her name, asked for her hand in marriage. He was in love with her. This was the girl of his dreams, and he didn’t have many. But he saw her and saw his whole life wrapped around her very being.