Former Phillies Manager Loses Granddaughter In Arizona Shootings

Such a tragedy in the Tucson shootings that killed 6, wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.   9-year old Christina Taylor-Green was among those who died, granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees manager Dallas Green.  Her father, John Green, is employed by the Dodgers.   Story continues, from ESPN:

Nothing in Dallas Green's decades of big league experience could have prepared him for the shooting death of his young granddaughter.

Green was spending time at his Caribbean home in Turks and Caicos when he learned of the 9-year-old's passing, according to a New York Daily News report.

"It's pretty hard," Green told the Daily News on Sunday. "We're all hurting pretty bad."

Christina-Taylor Green was shot and killed Saturday by a gunman outside a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz.

She had gone to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents. Giffords was among 13 people wounded in the shooting that killed six people, including Arizona's chief federal judge and an aide for the Democratic lawmaker. Giffords remained in critical condition Monday after taking a single gunshot wound to the head at point-blank range.

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama led a national moment of silence to honor the victims Monday from Washington at 11 a.m. ET. A moment of silence will also be held before Monday night's Tostitos BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon in Glendale, Ariz.

Dallas Green and his wife were traveling to be with family in Arizona on Sunday.

Green felt the highest of highs as manager of the World Series-winning 1980 Philadelphia Phillies. And he was no stranger to career lows, having been fired by George Steinbrenner in 1989 after less than one season at the helm for the New York Yankees.

(via ESPN.com)