It’s the moment thousands of fans have been waiting for — and were robbed of in 2020 thanks to COVID: A Dodger World Series victory parade in L.A.
Thousands of fans lined up along the route in downtown L.A. on Friday to soak in and celebrate the Boys in Blue, who became world champions on Wednesday after beating the Yankees in New York 7-6 in Game 5.
“I mean, we didn’t have one in 2020, so this is exciting,” said Caroline San Miguel of Long Beach as she waited for the parade to start. “It’s hopefully not once in a lifetime.”
It took 162 games and hard-fought victories over the Padres and the Mets in the National League Division Series and the National League Championship Series, respectively, for the Dodgers to close a nail-biting, five-run deficit in Game 5 to take the series, setting the stage for Friday’s victory parade.
At the ticketed celebration at Dodger Stadium, Daniel Nathan Hice said he took an early morning flight from the Bay Area into Burbank to take it all in for himself.
“I mean, this is something that means so much to so many people around the world and just, we’re, we’re lucky to have this,” he said.
Dodgers fans walk near 2nd and Grand in downtown L.A. en route to the parade celebration with a very specific homage to Day of the Dead.
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Evelyn Balderas, from LA’s Mid City, arrived at about six a.m. and has a front row view of the parade route on the corner of 5th and Grand.
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