Kobe Bryant may have been born in Philadelphia, but when it came to baseball the late NBA legend loved the Amazins.
“He would always tell me he was a Mets fan and that I was his favorite player,” Mets great Darryl Strawberry told the team’s official blog on Monday. “I was always honored when a great player like Kobe would say I was his favorite. So what happened Sunday naturally hits home for me.”
On Sunday, the 41-year-old Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others close to the family were killed in a Southern California helicopter crash while traveling to Bryant’s basketball facility.