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The young Toronto Blue Jays star is a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers legend whom he remembered with a specially designed pair of shoes to honor him.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He spent a few years of his childhood in Los Angeles when his father was an Angels figure. Back then, the young man who still lacked a bit of time to become a star of the MLB, had become a fan of a sports legend from the city: Kobe Bryant.
After his sad death in early 2020 as a result of a helicopter accident, Vladdy had intended to pay tribute to him and that moment arrived this Tuesday. The star of the Toronto Blue Jays He took advantage of the series of matches that his team will play in Los Angeles to pay tribute to his idol.
In this way, the Dominican slugger had a pair of shoes designed in honor of Kobe Bryant to wear them during the matches I play this week in Los Angeles. In the shoes appears the former player with a jersey of Los angeles lakers accompanied by daughter Gianna, who also died in the accident, wearing a Mamba Academy T-shirt.
A gift for Vanessa Bryant
In addition to the pair of shoes that he will wear in the meetings, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ordered to make another model of commemorative sneakers of Kobe Bryant, which according to the TMZ portal, will be a gift that the player of the Toronto Blue Jays a Vanessa Bryant, widow of the legend of the NBA.
This pair is illustrated with images of Kobe with Gianna, one of them during the celebration of the 2009 championship achieved by Los angeles lakers. The other is the popular portrait of the two sitting in the front row watching a Lakers game. It is worth noting that the realization of both shoes took about 60 hours of work.
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