Dodgers: Remembering Kobe Bryant

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced this week that they would honor the memories of Gianna and Kobe Bryant on what would have been Kobe’s 42^nd birthday. In a pre-game ceremony the Dodgers played the following video.

During pregame ceremonies, Dodger players donned Kobe Bryant’s Nos. 8 and 24 jerseys and the team played a tribute video, which was narrated by Vin Scully and memorialized:

“Kobe demonstrated that he was a man of many talents. He was a champion, a mentor, a creative force, an advocate.

Kobe was also a husband and a father to four wonderful girls. The warrior that we knew as “The Black Mamba” was a sweetheart to his wife Vanessa, and a proud “Girl Dad” to Natalia, Bianka, Capri and his daughter known as “the Mambacita”, Gianna.

Gigi was worthy of her dad’s nickname. She shared his passion for basketball and so much more. He in turn wanted her to have every opportunity to succeed, and he believed that the women’s game deserved as much respect and support as the men received.”