The Arizona shooting of U.S. representative Gabrielle Giffords resonated within the baseball community Sunday when it was learned that the 9-year-old victim (one of six dead) was the daughter of Los Angeles Dodgers scout John Green and the granddaughter of former Phillies pitcher and manager and Cubs general manager Dallas Green.

Christina-Taylor Green was a third grader and the lone girl on her Little League baseball team. With an interest in politics, she was at the shopping plaza in Tucson to meet Giffords when the shootings took place.

She was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and had been featured in the book Faces of Hope, about children who were born on the day of the terrorist attacks.

Phillies president David Montgomery issued the following statement:

"The Phillies organization expresses our heartfelt condolences to Dallas and [his wife] Sylvia and the entire Green family on the senseless, tragic loss of Christina's life. She was a talented young girl with a bright promising future. Her untimely death weighs heavily on our hearts. Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families affected by yesterday's horrific shooting."

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt had this to say:

"We lost a member of the Dodgers family. ... The entire Dodgers organization is mourning the death of John's daughter Christina, and will do everything we can to support John, his wife Roxana and their son Dallas in the aftermath of this senseless tragedy."

By Seth Livingstone