parade<\/a> kicked off at 11 a.m. By noon, the team arrived at their stadium, where players and staff thanked fans and commemorated a historic season \u2014 and called for another. <\/p>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s better than two? Three! Three-peat! Three-peat!\u201d Dave Roberts, the Dodgers\u2019 manager, shouted to the roaring crowd.<\/p>\n
All day, Dodgers fans couldn\u2019t shake off their glee. <\/p>\n
In knee-high Dodgers socks along the parade route, Mark Krojansky waxed poetic over the fact that his kids had already experienced three Dodger championships. He\u2019d had to wait three decades between the 1988 win and 2020 \u2014 but said it was well worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis could be the only time for many, many years, you never know,\u201d Krojansky said. \u201cWe deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2025 Dodgers team has been a bright spot during an otherwise tumultuous year for the region, after wind-driven firestorms devastated thousands of homes in January and then widespread immigration sweeps began over the summer by the Trump administration, specifically targeting Los Angeles. <\/p>\n
Carlos Soto, a San Bernardino resident, said the parade was a much-needed respite after the challenging year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely feel the city needs a lift,\u201d Soto said. \u201cIt is something that brings the community together across nationalities and political lines and unites everybody \u2014 it\u2019s something that\u2019s very needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chuck Berez, a decades-long Dodgers fan from L.A., was walking toward the parade route Monday morning and said the love from the organization and its fans embodied the city itself. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey stick together. \u2026 You got to weather the storm and look at the big picture,\u201d Berez said. \u201cThe way they came through in the clutch, you know, just showing you their resilience and their experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Los Angeles transplant Aaron Wole, a hospital worker originally from Florida, felt that spirit these last few weeks. Despite being a lifelong Rays fan, he donned an Ohtani jersey Monday morning at the parade. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen in Rome, you got to do as the Romans.\u2026 This doesn\u2019t happen much in Florida,\u201d Wole said. \u201cIn moments like these, you feel included in the community. It really feels like a great atmosphere with all these fans.\u201d<\/p>\n
Times staff writer Jack Harris contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a sea of Dodger blue and white Monday, as thousands of fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[144552,144555,25028,8324,29603,144556,2976,2323,5188,9585,99,144554,10091,16653,144553,22192],"class_list":["post-269896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-celebratory-parade","tag-cesar-chavez-avenue","tag-downtown","tag-east","tag-fan","tag-historic-firestorm","tag-home","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-north","tag-official","tag-sports","tag-spring-street","tag-street","tag-thousand","tag-victory-parade","tag-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}