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Dodgers victory parade! This is how fans celebrated L.A.'s World Series win
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts holds the World Series trophy at the victory parade on November, 1, 2024.
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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.
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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.
Top, Maggie Marroquin, 37, and Jenna Marroquin, 6, as they exit the Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2024.
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A woman takes a photo with a replica of the World Series trophy during the Nov. 1, 2024, Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles.
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Dodgers player Enrique "Kike" Hernández celebrates his team's World Series Win at a parade on November, 1, 2024.
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Fans wait for the start of the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.
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Richard Moreno, 45, from Boyle Heights, who also goes by "Mariachiloco"
poses for a photo during the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.
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A woman holds up a blue Dodgers banner for the victory parade in downtown L.A. on Friday.
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Vendors set up shop during the Nov. 1, 2024, Dodger victory parade in downtown Los Angeles.
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Adrian Mendoza, 10, from Whittier holds a replica of the World Series trophy on November, 1, 2024. "I feel amazing. Can't believe I'm seeing the Dodgers," says Mendoza.
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A crowd of people wearing Dodgers gear stand ready for the Dodger victory parade near The Broad in downtown L.A.
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The parade is taking place on Día de los Muertos.
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Fans lined up many people deep on downtown streets.
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Ajay Montoya, a four-year-old T-ball player from San Fernando Valley waits for the World Series Dodgers parade to begin.
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Fans wait for the Dodgers parade to start.
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Yolanda Ranger, 50, drove from San Francisco to attend the Dodgers World Series parade. "It's a one in a lifetime opportunity to see and honor Fernando Valenzuela on his birthday. Valenzuela is the reason my dad got us into baseball and we have been fans. My daughters didn't even go trick or treating, we made the effort to be here instead," she said.
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Fans walk through the streets of downtown Los Angeles to get to the Dodger victory parade on Nov. 1, 2024.
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Nicole Sanford, right, and her husband Ron, and their 9 and 8 year old kids, Elijah and Amberly, drove from Lake Elsinore on Thursday to stay in a hotel in downtown L.A. to attend the Friday parade.
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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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A Día de Muertos ofrenda honoring the late Fernando Valenzuela, who would have turned 64 on Friday, at Dodgers Stadium ahead of a special ticketed celebration to celebrate their World Series win.
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Dodgers merch at Dodgers Stadium celebrating their World Series win.
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An empty Dodgers Stadium ahead of a special ticketed event to celebrate their World Series win on November, 1, 2024.
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