WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:03.720 The day has arrived. 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:09.759 The twenty twenty four Dodgers World Series Championship celebration is 3 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:15.000 here in Los Angeles as Dodger fans celebrate the eighth 4 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.879 World Series title for your Los Angeles Dodgers. We are 5 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:22.359 live at Dodgers Stadium. Tim Kats live in the play 6 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:26.280 by play booth here at Dodgers Stadium, and David Vassey, 7 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:30.519 who is live on the bus here at Dodgers Stadium 8 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:33.719 as the team and coaches get ready to head out 9 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:36.640 onto the parade route in a little over an hour. 10 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:39.719 We are live with exclusive coverage here on an FI 11 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.880 seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. We've 12 00:00:43.880 --> 00:00:46.679 got the parade that starts at City Hall at eleven o'clock. 13 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:49.200 We've got the parade that will go through downtown in 14 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:51.960 LA and then it will come to Dodger Stadium, where 15 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.560 the gates have already opened and Dodger fans are flooding 16 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:59.000 in already at nine to thirty in the morning for 17 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.840 a celebrat like no other here at Dodger Stadium. Later 18 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.719 on this afternoon, Dave, where are you at and what 19 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:07.280 are you doing? 20 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.519 I'm sitting on one of the parade buses that is 21 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:15.400 going to be going down this parade route. First stop 22 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.280 is to City Hall, and I'm sitting at the front 23 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:21.200 of the bus and my understanding is show Hey Otani 24 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:24.560 and Yoshi Yamamoto are going to be on this bus, 25 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:28.719 so you'll hear from them. Kirsten Watson is on another bus, 26 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:32.680 so we'll get all the players' reactions to Los Angeles 27 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.519 celebrating them. And really, I'm so happy for a lot 28 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:39.319 of the players that were on the twenty twenty World 29 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:42.359 Series team to be able to experience this parade. 30 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:43.400 You heard Walker. 31 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:47.439 Buehler and t k Hernandez talk about it, and you know, 32 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:50.599 I'm just thinking about guys that like Kenley Janssen and 33 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.400 Justin Turner on a day today because they really wanted 34 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:55.400 a parade in twenty. 35 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:56.959 They deserved a parade in twenty. 36 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.840 But we're keeping their spirited alive from all those Dodgers 37 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.480 that you know, won the World Series in twenty but 38 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:05.480 unfortunately could not experience this. 39 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.240 Yeah, that was a common message from the Dodgers during 40 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.560 that World Series, especially after the three to zero series 41 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:13.840 lead Dave that players that were still here from. 42 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:14.840 The twenty twenty team. 43 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.800 Dave Roberts talked about it in press conferences about how 44 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.960 much they want to celebrate with Dodger fans. You're on 45 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:24.599 one of the team buses. How many buses will there 46 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.639 be on the parade route? Can you see how many 47 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:29.159 are around you? And how many do you expect to 48 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:29.560 be there? 49 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:32.360 Yeah, it looks like there's going to be about seven 50 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:37.639 to nine buses on this parade route. I've seen players 51 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:41.280 that you know, weren't on the postseason roster but have 52 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:45.479 been a part of the regular season. Remember, the Dodgers 53 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.919 used a lot of players. In fact, they use forty 54 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.719 different starting pitchers during the season. And for guys like 55 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:55.560 Bobby Miller and James Outman there here. So just to 56 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:59.280 give you an idea that the Dodgers have expanded the 57 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:05.000 roster for this parade to include guys that contributed at 58 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.080 some point in time during this regular season. No word 59 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.240 if Taylor Tremmel is here, though I'm not sure about that. 60 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:12.879 I did see Outman and Bobby Miller. 61 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:16.000 How about Kevin Bizio, Cavin Bigio, Oh, yeah. 62 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:16.759 Out today. 63 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:19.680 If he comes, he's not bringing his bat. I'll tell 64 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:21.280 you that he didn't bring. 65 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:24.159 It when he was with the Dodgers on the field, David, So, 66 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:26.560 a lot of buses will be making the trip through 67 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.599 the parade today. It will start at eleven o'clock this morning, 68 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:31.639 and you're gonna hear it right here on ANFI seventy 69 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.960 LA Sports. Nobody else has got somebody on the bus 70 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:37.120 is let alone on the bus with shoey o Tani 71 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.360 except David Vasse hearing us at ANFI seventy LA Sports. 72 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.639 The parade will start at eleven. It will start with 73 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.199 a message from Mayor Karen Bass. She will kick off 74 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.000 the parade at City Hall on Spring Street, and then 75 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:51.759 it'll go about one point two miles through downtown Los 76 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.400 Angeles and ending right by the LA Central Main Library. 77 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.800 And then the buses will head back to Dodger Stadium 78 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.520 and Dave, when they get back, they're gonna be awaited 79 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:06.520 and greeted by fifty two thousand Dodger fans who are 80 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.319 on the parade route. But here at Dodgers Stadium and 81 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.439 being inside right now, you're outside on the bus inside 82 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.240 the stadium right now. I mean it feels like you 83 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.839 can feel like a playoff game in here. The fans 84 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.160 are here. It's nine thirty five in the morning, and 85 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:21.439 they couldn't be more fired up. 86 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.040 Yeah, I see the parking lot. It's filling up, no 87 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:26.800 doubt about it. And it reminds me of when the 88 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:30.360 Lakers had one of their parades with Kobe and Gasol. 89 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:33.519 I believe it was in nine where they had the 90 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:37.800 parade down Figueroa and ended it at the Coliseum, and 91 00:04:37.959 --> 00:04:41.120 that place was with what ninety thousand plus there. The 92 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.399 Dodgers definitely could have had it and filled it up 93 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.399 and then some at the Coliseum. But I love the 94 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.079 idea of having a parade route and then ending it 95 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.000 at Dodgers Stadium. I thought it was a great idea 96 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:57.680 to be able to find a way to organize something 97 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:04.319 like this by selling tickets for Dodgers Stadium. But yeah, 98 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:06.360 I think that's a great way to do it. I 99 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:09.399 remember back in the day in the eighties, Tim, I 100 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.839 know it seems like yesterday, but it wasn't. Watching the 101 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:18.079 Lakers and the eighty eight Dodgers parade finish up at 102 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:21.120 City Hall. That was somewhat the tradition back in the day. 103 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.600 But I kind of like how in two thousand, the 104 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:28.279 Lakers first parade since their back to back championship in 105 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.199 eighty eight ended in front of Staples Center before they 106 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:34.079 built LA Live, so they had all that parking lot space. 107 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:38.839 That was a controlled chaos in some ways. I like 108 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.800 having a stadium for an ending point, and I love 109 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.879 it being organized so everybody has a chance to celebrate 110 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:50.720 their world champion LA Dodgers, and I don't know about you, Tim, 111 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:55.000 but it feels like this team connected with the city 112 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.160 more than any other teams in recent past. Twenty twenty 113 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.920 was a phenomenal team. They would have won the World 114 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:04.959 Series even if it was a full season, but there 115 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:09.399 was some sort of emotional disconnect because the city couldn't 116 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:13.399 celebrate with each other. The parades like this for sports 117 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:17.240 teams are a uniting kind of feeling in the city. 118 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:21.000 With so many differences and extreme differences in the world 119 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:24.199 today and in the city today, to bring every walk 120 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.199 of life together to celebrate one team is really special. 121 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:30.319 Dave, Why do you think it's different this year? As 122 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:34.360 you mentioned this group, this Dodger team resonates maybe a 123 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.000 little bit more with the Dodger fan base this year. 124 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.839 I mean, is it Otani? You think that has changed 125 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.839 that the addition to him and maybe more Japanese fans. 126 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:45.959 I mean, is it the sentiment of Clayton Kershaw and 127 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:47.920 seeing him at the end of his career and wanting 128 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.160 to win another World Series. Why this year different than 129 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:51.839 previous years? 130 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:55.839 You think, well, number one, because of the way this 131 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.519 team kind of came together after having so many injuries. 132 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.519 And yes, Otani got the excitement going, no doubt about it. 133 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:07.079 A lot of star power, but it feels like, you know, 134 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:10.800 no matter how much money you spend, as Miguil Rojas 135 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:14.240 said in the clubhouse after they won the World Series, 136 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:19.040 this team did not just rely on talent. They relied 137 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:23.720 on character. And I think the sunflower seed celebration by 138 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:26.959 Taoscar Hernandez. He was a fan favorite in his first year. 139 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:31.800 Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman obviously have had two disappointing 140 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.079 postseasons the last two years, so for them to come 141 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:39.560 back and perform the way they did in October, especially Freddie, 142 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:44.480 and you know, Mooki had his best postseason since twenty twenty. 143 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.040 If you go back to twenty eighteen, he wasn't one 144 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:50.800 of the main guys on that Red Sox championship team 145 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:54.079 in October, but with the Dodgers, he was and I 146 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:59.079 just think now those two guys, they officially had been 147 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:01.879 embraced by LA, they're going to experience it today. 148 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.560 Yeah, you mentioned Taoscar Hernandez David, and I don't think. 149 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.439 I mean, I can't remember a Dodger player that wasn't 150 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.000 a star like an Otani or somebody coming over like 151 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.439 a Freddie Freeman and Adrian Gonzalez on his first game 152 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:16.439 at Dodgers Dandy hitting the home run in this first 153 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.839 AP bat, going way back when he was acquired. In 154 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:21.319 recent memory, I'm trying to think of a free agent 155 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.319 signing that maybe went under the radar and wasn't a 156 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:29.519 star player like a Taoscar Hernandez who instantly, instantly fans 157 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:30.680 fell in love. But I mean to go back to 158 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.519 media day and him and shoe a Otani on the 159 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.120 Dodger social media platforms and talking to each other and 160 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:40.519 having fun behind the scenes before they took their individual pitchers. 161 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:42.919 I think it was from then on fans fell in 162 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.879 love with him, and then certainly his production on the field, 163 00:08:45.919 --> 00:08:48.799 winning the home run derby. I mean, they just absolutely 164 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:49.759 loved this guy. 165 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.000 And more importantly, his team loved him. Yeah, he was 166 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.720 a first year guy. That found a way to bring 167 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.919 everybody together. You know, they've had guys in the past 168 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.960 like Anser Alberto last year or a couple of years 169 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:07.720 ago where he didn't play very much. But a guy 170 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:11.840 like Taoscar Hernandez who not only can perform on the 171 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.919 field the way he did, but bring together the Latin 172 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:20.679 Spanish speaking players together with the English speaking players. That's 173 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.519 a huge dynamic inside the clubhouse and in the dugout, 174 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.559 and it means more when you have a player of 175 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:28.480 his caliber. 176 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.440 And he bet on himself. 177 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.679 You know, he could have gotten a multi year contract, 178 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:36.600 but he felt like it was under a market value 179 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:38.600 for him, and he said, you know what, I'm going 180 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:40.919 to bet on myself. I'm going to sign one year 181 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:44.039 with a team that I believe has a chance to 182 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.879 win a World Series championship and it's only going to 183 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:48.799 boost my value across the league. 184 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.240 And little did we know. 185 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.320 I mean, I remember talking to Enrique Rojas from ESPN 186 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.919 to sport this in spring training. He said, you are 187 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:00.320 going to love Taoscar Hernandez, not just because of the 188 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:05.480 player he is, but also what key brings, the intangibles 189 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:08.600 that he brings. So he really lived up to it 190 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:13.879 and the Sunflower Seeds celebration was organic, spontaneous, and that's 191 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:14.879 why it was so great. 192 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.960 It was, and he was a huge part of this 193 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:20.279 team in the postseason as well. Tim Kats David Vass 194 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.639 live here on AM five to seventy LA Sports at 195 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:25.240 Dodger Stadium. As the fans are starting to make their 196 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:28.480 way into Dodger Stadium, the parking lot is filling up. 197 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.320 Those that are here will be able to watch the 198 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.279 celebration on the jumbotrons here on Dodger Vision as it's 199 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:38.679 going through downtown Los Angeles. Of course, thousands have already 200 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:42.480 lined up along the streets in downtown LA. I'm inside 201 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:46.440 Dodger Stadium. David Vasse is on one of the team buses. 202 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.720 There's nobody else in LA that's got somebody on a 203 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.240 bus during the parade except AM five seventy LA Sports 204 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.440 and our own David Vass, So we will be having 205 00:10:57.480 --> 00:11:00.320 that during the parade. Dave's outside waiting with the team. 206 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:02.600 Some players day are actually on the field here getting 207 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:06.279 some family shots as the players are trickling into the stadium. Obviously, 208 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:08.679 in the club, I was getting ready, probably probably enjoined 209 00:11:08.679 --> 00:11:11.120 some coffee, but some players have trickled out here onto 210 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.679 the field. They've got John Suhu and crew down here 211 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:17.080 taking family pitchers with the championship trophy. So it's it's 212 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:18.879 starting to get buzz in here at the stadium. 213 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:21.559 Yeah, you could feel it. I hear it in the background. 214 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:25.480 It's a beautiful day here in La Blue Skies. I 215 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:30.440 could see downtown perfectly from the players parking lot here 216 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.679 at Dodgers Stadium, because that's where they will be loaded 217 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:35.879 up and the buses will head to City Hall and 218 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:38.840 from there, like you mentioned earlier, they will start that 219 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.919 mile plus parade route that will end up here at 220 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:45.039 Dodgers Stadium. You know Tim growing up here in La 221 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:47.879 I know you as well. This is a pinch me 222 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:52.679 moment because the eighty eight championship period seems so far away, 223 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:55.320 it seems so unattainable. And to be on one of 224 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:58.080 the floats right now, for you to be at Dodger Stadium, 225 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.519 I mean, isn't this really cool? This is the first 226 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.440 I don't think people realize this. There are fans out 227 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:11.159 there that have never experienced a Dodgers World Series parade. 228 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.879 There are people that are alive that never got to 229 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:17.360 see nineteen eighty eight. Of course they got to celebrate 230 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:20.679 with their own families in twenty twenty. But think about 231 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:25.039 what this means to Dodger fans, this generation that weren't 232 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:26.120 around for. 233 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.279 A nineteen eighty eight. 234 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.759 This is the first time ever they will experience a 235 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.519 Dodger World Series parade, and I think that's what makes 236 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.320 it all really special. It's one thing to win, but 237 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:40.039 without the fans, it means absolutely nothing. 238 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:43.000 Yeah, I mean, I think we're spoiled by the Lakers 239 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:46.000 and the championships in the two thousands and the parades 240 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.480 that they had in their early two thousands, the mid 241 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.720 two thousands, the Rams having this sort of a parade 242 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:53.919 in twenty twenty one. But you're right, for the first 243 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.960 time in thirty six years, a championship parade here for 244 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.720 this Los Angeles Dodgers team and Mookie Betch and his 245 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:03.559 family right now along the third baseline gathered taking pictures. 246 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:06.279 Together with the championship. Mookie told me he wanted me 247 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:07.279 in the family picture. 248 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:07.480 Huh. 249 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:11.279 I apologize, Hey, Mo, can you wait? No, they're not 250 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:12.639 waiting for you to Dave unfortunately. 251 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.759 Okay, Well, I mean that's disappointing for Mookie and his family. 252 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:19.120 Yeah, maybe they can photoshop you in to one of 253 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.759 the family pictures. He is David Vat say, folks, he 254 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:25.279 is live on one of the Dodgers team buzzes that 255 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.519 is gonna make its way to City Hall and then 256 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.320 go through the parade route. I'm inside Dodger Stadium that's 257 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.480 starting to fill up. The entertainment has happening. We've got 258 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.320 a band in the right field pavilion. We've got exclusive 259 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:36.440 coverage here on A five seven. 260 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:39.480 Will take a band, Tim, What kind of band is it? 261 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:42.440 You know? It's a I can see a saxophone. I 262 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.320 see something reggae, ska. Who is it? 263 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:49.360 It's it's just a band, like a marching band, maybe 264 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.360 kind of playing day. 265 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.399 A lot of horns and some drums. Hey, what I 266 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:54.039 heard's happening? 267 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:56.600 You know what I heard is happening in San Diego today, 268 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:59.919 Tim school absolutely nothing. 269 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:04.879 Yeah, that's right. They can watch on TV this championship 270 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:07.720 celebration brought to you by Yama BA. 271 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:08.480 We'll come back. 272 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:11.320 We'll get an update from the parade route from break 273 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:15.039 Blake trolley from kfive. David Vass inside the team bus. 274 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.080 Nobody else has his coverage except your Home of the 275 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:21.279 Dodgers A five seventy LA Sports. We're live also on 276 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:28.159 the iHeartRadio appum. The Dodgers World Series Celebration continues here 277 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:31.679 at Dodger Stadium, presented by Yamava Tim Kats along with 278 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:36.639 David Vassa live at the Ravine as the Championship Celebration 279 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:41.840 day has begun. Dodger fans filing in here to Dodger Stadium. 280 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:44.919 What a sound effect him, great sound effects? You got. 281 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:45.399 We love. 282 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.600 The folks at Yamaba are presenting it today. David Matgic 283 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.559 Johnson is on the field here at Dodger Stadium. Is 284 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:53.480 he is getting some pictures with John Sue, who looks 285 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:57.360 like the trophy. Championship trophy here is is implanted on 286 00:14:57.399 --> 00:15:00.519 the field and fans are, players and owner are just 287 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:02.799 coming by and taking pictures one at a time as 288 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.200 they make their way out of the dug David Masse 289 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:07.679 is live on a team bus as the Dodgers will 290 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.120 have the parade beginning eleven o'clock. We'll have it for you. 291 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.960 David will be on the bus during the parade with 292 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.759 the exclusive nobody else has this interviews from the parade 293 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.600 as it's happening, and then of course make its way 294 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:20.440 back here to Dodgers Stadium. David, let's check in with 295 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.879 camfive's Blake Trolley, who's on the parade route. In fact, 296 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:26.519 he's at City Hall right now where the parade will 297 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.240 begin in just over an hour. 298 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:29.639 Blake, what's going on out there? 299 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.240 Yeah, so, looking out my news truck window right now, 300 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.919 I'm trying to wonder if there's any civilization left in 301 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.320 the rest of southern California. I don't know how it 302 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.759 looks for you, David, but it seems like the entire 303 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:45.000 region is dressing their blue today and they are out 304 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.480 here to show some support for the dam. Yeah. 305 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:50.159 You get a chance to talk to some of the fans 306 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.360 already that are out there. When did you see them 307 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:55.000 start arriving around City Hall and on the streets of 308 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.879 the parade route. 309 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:58.960 Yeah, it's been really funny to actually watch the fans. 310 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.440 So I got here about five in the morning, and uh, 311 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:03.440 you know, I was telling your producer that at about 312 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:06.360 five am this morning, the fans that were here, it 313 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.320 would be like one dad with his red eyed family 314 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:12.399 that he dragged to the parade line. And the dad 315 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.440 was really excited to do the interview and the family 316 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:17.000 would be would be watching dad as what I've seen 317 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.759 is at the rate of people that are now showing 318 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:24.159 up to downtown LA and the masses have just really arrived, 319 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.960 not only in physical presence, but also the energy is 320 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.919 just building here. Uh and and go to this. I 321 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:35.000 talked to these two fans and I just love this. 322 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:37.039 It's the type of interview where you're interviewing one and 323 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:38.960 everybody wants in on if he could go to this 324 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.360 first bit, Let's go. 325 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:51.279 Beautiful that was inile. That was incredible, Blake, that was 326 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.559 great audio right there. It really gave us the feel 327 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.320 of the streets. 328 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.480 It has been one of those situations where I pull 329 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.480 out the mic to interview one per and it's like 330 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:02.879 a newsperson's dream out here because you pull out your mic, 331 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.240 you try to interview one person and a bunch of 332 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.920 people start yelling into your microphone. And for us in 333 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.880 our business, that's pretty rare that it's that easy to 334 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.920 get people talking. 335 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:16.440 Blake, real quick, What is the situation at City Hall 336 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:19.720 when the buses arrived. Karen Bass is expected to kick 337 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:22.960 off the parade the LA Mayor. Is there a podium 338 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.440 and set up for her with the players going to 339 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:26.640 disembark and then get back on. What is the scene 340 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.799 set there around City Hall? 341 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.000 Yeah, so of course the two buses are set up here. 342 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:33.200 The mayor is set to kick this thing off at 343 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.680 eleven am. It's really I mean, my train of vision 344 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:40.319 quite honestly, has been crowded by the flocks of people 345 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.319 that have been arriving, so I'm able to see those 346 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.359 double decker buses and again those take off at about 347 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.160 eleven am. They're going to ride through downtown for about 348 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.599 forty five minutes and then it's a pretty quick trip 349 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.400 back to Dodger Stadium for that ticketed event. I understand 350 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.000 you're there right. 351 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:57.480 Now, absolutely, Blake. We appreciate you checking in from City Hall. 352 00:17:57.599 --> 00:17:59.440 We'll talk to you next hour and get it for updates. 353 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:02.559 Then appreciate thanks, Blake. I got all right there, he 354 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:05.279 goes Kfi's Blake trolley. He is at City Hall. We'll 355 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:07.440 check o with Corbyn Carson next hour. He's on the 356 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:10.240 parade route, which Dave you were gonna be on at 357 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:12.680 eleven o'clock when the bus is head over there, you're 358 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.279 gonna be on shoey Otani's bus and for show, Hey, Dave. 359 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:20.240 Being around this guy all season long, the career season 360 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:22.119 that he had the fifty to fifty is one thing. 361 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:25.480 The postseason and finally winning the championship after six years 362 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:29.440 in baseball purgatory down in Anaheim, to finally win a championship. 363 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:31.799 We saw the smile in the clubhouse. I imagine that 364 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.039 smile probably hasn't. 365 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.480 Left his face now. 366 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:38.920 I saw him this morning. Actually we arrived about ten 367 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:42.720 minutes apart, saw him in the clubhouse and show hey. 368 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.279 I mean, it feels like even it was a game day. 369 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:47.480 The way he came in. He had the same type 370 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:50.599 of foot the way he does during the season, So 371 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:53.319 it was great to see him. It'll be great to 372 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.519 see him in this environment on the bus to see 373 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.039 how it goes. But yeah, this is great, and I 374 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:02.440 hope A Corbin has some audio from Dodger fans screaming 375 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.400 do yours doyers, goodyers. 376 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.160 I watched a little bit of the local news coverage 377 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:10.599 from the parade route and it's deep. I mean, we 378 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:13.480 talk about parades in the eighties, the floats that the 379 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.359 Dodger players and coaches were on for the Lakers and 380 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.960 the Dodgers parades in eighty seven and eighty eight for 381 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:21.039 the Dodgers, the last time we had one for the Dodgers, 382 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:23.359 but the early two thousands and the mid two thousands 383 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:25.920 of double decker buses. You mentioned ending at the coliseum, 384 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.759 But I remember that twenty the two thousand parade ending 385 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.799 in front of Staples Center. 386 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.359 The two hundred and fifty. 387 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:36.720 Thousand Laker fans that were there with Shaq and Kobe 388 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:40.079 and that crew. I imagine we're going to see numbers like 389 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:42.279 that when it's all said to done. On top day 390 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:46.039 of the fifty two thousand, it'll be jampacked inside Dodger Stadium. 391 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:49.960 Yeah, I mean it's going to be like two thousand, 392 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.559 because that was the first time the Lakers had a 393 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:54.119 championship since. 394 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.480 Nineteen eighty eight. Shack Kobe. 395 00:19:56.920 --> 00:20:01.079 Now we're talking Otani, Moogie, Freddie Freeman, same type of 396 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:05.160 star power. But let's face it, Tim, the Lakers were 397 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:10.519 not LA's team until probably the sixties, and even then 398 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:13.799 they weren't the hottest ticking in town. Ever since the 399 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:19.359 Dodgers arrived in nineteen fifty eight, they've been the jewel franchise. 400 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:22.119 Of this city. There is so much emotional. 401 00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:26.759