LOS ANGELES – Let the celebration begin!

Los Angeles Dodgers fans were out in force in downtown LA to celebrate the Boys in Blue after they defeated the New York Yankees in a five-game series. The World Series victory parade also featured “Fernandomania” to commemorate the legacy of Fernando Valenzuela, who would have celebrated his 64th birthday on Friday.

The champions loaded double-decker buses to celebrate the monumental event. Because the Dodgers were unable to hold a parade in their win at the Fall Classic in 2020, this was the Dodgers’ first championship parade since 1988.

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“We’ve been waiting for this for quite a while. We didn’t have a celebration in 2020 and now it’s time to make up for it,” one fan told Good Day LA’s Mario Ramirez in the hours before the parade.

Some enthusiastic fans chose to avoid the morning rush hour and arrived hours before the parade to secure the first seats.

“We are loyal Dodger fans,” said one fan who came all the way from Stockton.

“We bleed blue and we deserve this,” another fan added.

Even before sunrise, hardcore fans enthusiastically shared this passion for their team.

“I’m so excited. I have been a Dodger fan my entire life. “My parents met at Dodger Stadium… they’ve been going to Dodger Stadium since my kids were babies,” one fan said. “We’re dying Dodger fans.”

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