Dodgers to celebrate World Series victory with parade and stadium celebration

The Los Angeles Dodgers are celebrating their eighth World Series title pinch a downtown parade and a stadium gathering featuring Shohei Ohtani and different prima players

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated their eighth World Series championship pinch a downtown parade and a stadium gathering featuring Shohei Ohtani and different prima players connected Friday.

Seven double-decker buses filled pinch players, their families and nan coaching unit rolled to nan commencement successful beforehand of City Hall. Manager Dave Roberts hoisted nan Commissioner's Trophy.

Several players smoked cigars and drank brew connected nan sun-splashed day. Ohtani held his dog, Decoy. Walker Buehler, who sounded nan ninth inning successful nan Series finale, did a brew bong while wearing Orel Hershiser's jersey from nan team's 1988 World Series championship.

“This is crazy, man. I emotion this,” outfielder Teoscar Hernández said.

Blue-clad fans packed some sides of nan street, cheering and waving astatine their heroes. The parade occurred connected what would person been nan 64th day of Fernando Valenzuela, nan 1981 NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of nan Year victor who died days earlier nan World Series began.

The Dodgers defeated nan New York Yankees successful 5 games, clinching nan title pinch a 7-6 triumph successful nan Bronx connected Wednesday.

The squad said that because of logistics, postulation and timing, fans won’t beryllium capable to be some events.

The parade began astatine Gloria Molina Grand Park arsenic portion of a 45-minute way that culminates astatine nan intersection of 5th and Flower streets.

The ceremony astatine Dodger Stadium will statesman soon aft noon. The parade will beryllium carried connected nan stadium’s videoboards up of nan team’s arrival.

A information of nan proceeds from nan ticketed stadium arena will beryllium donated to nan Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation.

There were much than a twelve arrests during informal celebrations aft nan team's comeback triumph to clinch nan Series. Burglaries, vandalism and fires occurred successful immoderate parts of nan city.

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