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Green thanks baseball family for support

Published Jan. 10, 2011 12:00 a.m. ET

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Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Dallas Green thanked his extended baseball family for their support on the shooting death of his granddaughter and five others in Tucson, Ariz.

Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was killed Saturday outside a supermarket where a neighbor had taken her to meet Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded.

Christina's dad is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Grandfather Dallas Green managed the 1980 world champion Phillies.

He thanked everyone for their friendship, thoughts and prayers — especially the team.

Dallas Green said they'll get through it, but his granddaughter is gone and the family is ''having a hard time with that.''

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