Speaker 1: We are live from Dodgers Stadium on this Friday, November one,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, for the Dodgers World Series Championship celebration
Speaker 1: presented by Yamava. The parade was like no other we
Speaker 1: have seen here in Southern California. We've had parades for
Speaker 1: Dodgers in the eighties. We've had parades for the Showtime Lakers.
Speaker 1: We've had parades for the Kobe and Shaq Lakers of
Speaker 1: the early two thousands, the Kobe and Paul Gasol Lakers
Speaker 1: of the mid two thousands. We had parades for the
Speaker 1: La Kings winning their first NHL Stanley Cup titles in
Speaker 1: twenty twelve, in twenty fourteen. We even had a Rams
Speaker 1: parade in twenty twenty one. But there is nothing that
Speaker 1: compares to today and this Dodgers celebration of a World Series championship.
Speaker 1: For the first time in thirty six years, Dodger fans
Speaker 1: Dodger players able to come together and celebrate a World
Speaker 1: Series title.
Speaker 2: The parade was epic.
Speaker 1: Starting at Spring Street and City Hall with Mayor Bass
Speaker 1: kicking it off, it went one point two miles and
Speaker 1: ended at the La Public Central Library. What a parade
Speaker 1: it was. Millions in attendance. Let's head out to Blake
Speaker 1: trolley from KFI. He is on the scene in downtown
Speaker 1: La Blake. We talked earlier about the amount of people
Speaker 1: you were seen lining up this morning on the parade
Speaker 1: route right before it started.
Speaker 2: It was a scene like no other.
Speaker 3: And it continues to be a scene like no other
Speaker 3: as people still out of here. I mean, it's almost
Speaker 3: hard to imagine that this parade actually started here almost
Speaker 3: an hour ago and has since moved on, because there
Speaker 3: are still so many people surrounding Spring Street, many still
Speaker 3: rooting on the Dodgers, not saying such positive things about
Speaker 3: the Yankees. I don't think they're maybe being a little
Speaker 3: easier on the Yankees, given that they were able to
Speaker 3: pull this off in five games.
Speaker 1: You've covered a lot of events, news events, sporting events,
Speaker 1: political events. I imagine that has to be up there
Speaker 1: with one of the big ones. To see the community
Speaker 1: Blake coming together.
Speaker 2: It's not a division.
Speaker 1: It's not about arguing and getting after each other or
Speaker 1: covering a crime scene or something tragic. This is something
Speaker 1: that everybody in southern California, everybody in La has in common.
Speaker 1: The Dodgers were in a championship and see them come
Speaker 1: together like this is pretty cool.
Speaker 3: You absolutely saw the unity playing out here. And one
Speaker 3: of the things I should probably touch on it. We
Speaker 3: haven't talked about this, gether how far some of the
Speaker 3: people came here to cheer on the Dodgers. You know,
Speaker 3: LA is an interesting place. It's the kind of plate
Speaker 3: for a lot of people grow up and they move
Speaker 3: away for a lot of different reasons. And what you
Speaker 3: see is that with this World series when many came back,
Speaker 3: many from far areas. One of the women I was
Speaker 3: speaking with this morning, and she, by the way, was
Speaker 3: one of the first people here, so this wasn't about
Speaker 3: five this morning told me that she came down from
Speaker 3: It's Blake. She drove down stating with a family member
Speaker 3: in Riverside, got up at three this morning to make
Speaker 3: sure she had a good seat along the along the
Speaker 3: parade route.
Speaker 2: That is awesome. That is awesome.
Speaker 1: They have come from far, they have come from short,
Speaker 1: but they're here together celebrating this Dodgers championship. Blake, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for all your contributions today and your
Speaker 1: help here on a five to seven. The LA Sports
Speaker 1: really appreciate it absolutely all right there he goes Blake
Speaker 1: trolley from KFI AM six forty is bigger than sports.
Speaker 2: It's a news story.
Speaker 1: It's a celebration for this city together here in la As.
Speaker 1: They are now doing some in stadium fun and entertainment
Speaker 1: for the fans that are here. And it's near capacity already.
Speaker 1: As the buses make their way back to Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 1: David Vasse on bus number three of seven to seven
Speaker 1: different double decker buses that started here at Dodger Stadium
Speaker 1: went along the one ten Freeway and made their way
Speaker 1: to in front of City Hall, and if you're with us,
Speaker 1: it was awesome to hear David Vass describe the sea
Speaker 1: of people that they initially saw when they made their
Speaker 1: turn from along the one oh one and made that
Speaker 1: right turn onto Spring Street in front of the City
Speaker 1: Hall front entrance. The players all stood up. The players
Speaker 1: all couldn't believe what they were seeing as far as
Speaker 1: the amount of Dodger fans in front of them, packed
Speaker 1: on both sides. David Vasse on bus number three describing
Speaker 1: fans getting out of their cars on the one ten
Speaker 1: freeway the entrance in exit at Wiltshire and Sixth stopping
Speaker 1: just stopping, getting out of their cars and videoing on
Speaker 1: their cell phones and waving to the Dodgers players and
Speaker 1: coaches who were coming down the one ten Freeway from
Speaker 1: Dodgers Stadium briefly on the one ten and then back
Speaker 1: onto the city streets of LA to start that parade
Speaker 1: was truly something special. David was with the team as
Speaker 1: they motored up and left stadium at sunset, made a
Speaker 1: left to get on the one ten Freeway, and the
Speaker 1: fans that were surprised to see them going northbound on
Speaker 1: the one ten Freeway on the one ten Freeway south
Speaker 1: to see these caravan of cars coming was unbelievable, just unbelievable.
Speaker 1: We're seeing different members of the nineteen eighty eight World
Speaker 1: Series team now making their way here to the celebration
Speaker 1: on field.
Speaker 2: Mickey Hatcher is here.
Speaker 1: Sitting right next door to us is Steve Sachs, who,
Speaker 1: of course my broadcast partner on Saxon Kates in the
Speaker 1: AM on a five seventy l A Sports Let's head
Speaker 1: back out to Dodger Stadium. Actually the parade route, David
Speaker 1: Vase was shoey otani.
Speaker 2: When you've seen.
Speaker 4: All these fans, did you know, did you know how
Speaker 4: much you meant to this city.
Speaker 5: Come on, Matini, Tis Dan can find me, Tys Dan
Speaker 5: old sign the stone seem so a way disco.
Speaker 2: Stems.
Speaker 6: It's like going to kick on.
Speaker 2: That's what they'll say. It's been an incredible year. I'm
Speaker 2: so happy that I was able to contribute.
Speaker 7: The fans and everybody has been so welcoming.
Speaker 4: Did you ever think about taking your shirt off?
Speaker 2: Like kek.
Speaker 4: Congratulations, You're a pleasure to watch play the respect you
Speaker 4: have in How about your guy right here, Taoscar, do.
Speaker 2: Something, do something?
Speaker 4: World Champions Show, Heyltani and the Heart and Soul right there,
Speaker 4: Taoska Hernandez Hermanos since media day, Yeah, thank you all.
Speaker 1: Right there the you go sins media with show. Hey
Speaker 1: o Tani and of course ta Oscar Hernandez. Will Ireton
Speaker 1: is translator as well, and David just mentioned it the
Speaker 1: two of them. At media day at Camelback Ranch, t
Speaker 1: Oscar Hernandez, a new Dodger, signed a one year deal.
Speaker 1: He grabs the camera for Dodger Social media and makes
Speaker 1: the round behind the scenes look at what's happening at
Speaker 1: Camelback Ranch, and he immediately goes to another new Dodger
Speaker 1: show Hey Otani, and the two of them form an
Speaker 1: instant bond. Teoscar Hernandez Show Hey Otani, and that bond
Speaker 1: is continued during the season and now together on the
Speaker 1: same bus as the parade now makes its way back
Speaker 1: to Dodger Stadium, all seven double decker buses coming back
Speaker 1: to the ravine and a sellout crowd that is just
Speaker 1: ready to welcome them back. A Dodger Stadium full of
Speaker 1: fifty two thousand waiting for this caravan of buses to return.
Speaker 2: You can hear it. This isn't a game. This isn't
Speaker 2: Game two of the World Series.
Speaker 1: This is a celebration for the World Series champions on
Speaker 1: a Friday afternoon here in southern California, unbelievable afternoon.
Speaker 2: Thanks for being with.
Speaker 1: Us here on this exclusive coverage of a five seventy
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Speaker 1: the Dodgers. David Vass making his way off the Dodger bus,
Speaker 1: one of seven that left here about an hour and
Speaker 1: a half ago, made its way to City Hall. Mayor
Speaker 1: baths kicked off the ceremony with the let's go Dodgers
Speaker 1: and a rain of streams that came down on the
Speaker 1: buses to kick off the parade, and again the sea
Speaker 1: of Dodger fans to celebrate this championship parade is unbelievable
Speaker 1: here in the stadium and along the parade route. And
Speaker 1: for those listening, the Dodgers wanted this. They wanted it bad.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of members of the Dodgers' twenty
Speaker 1: twenty World Series championship team that didn't get to have
Speaker 1: a parade. They weren't a to have it. And then
Speaker 1: there are Dodger players who aren't here. They're not allowed
Speaker 1: to have the parade in twenty twenty. Justin Turner comes
Speaker 1: to mind as a Dodger favorite forever Red turn two
Speaker 1: wasn't able to have a parade, but so big in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty with that championship team. The Dodger players and
Speaker 1: coaches that are still here in twenty twenty four, they
Speaker 1: wanted it.
Speaker 2: They wanted it bad.
Speaker 1: Here's Dave Roberts and others during the World Series when
Speaker 1: asked about what it would mean to have a parade.
Speaker 2: This is what it meant to have a parade. Take
Speaker 2: a listen. We deserve this.
Speaker 5: We've been playing really good baseball for a lot of
Speaker 5: years and twenty twenty and whatever, but they can't say
Speaker 5: a whole lot about it now.
Speaker 7: Not having that, you know, the fans really getting to
Speaker 7: enjoy it during the COVID year obviously, and not having
Speaker 7: that kind of you know, sucks. But you know, hopefully
Speaker 7: we can just get rid of the whole short season thing,
Speaker 7: you know, people not counting it. I get that taste
Speaker 7: out of our mouth.
Speaker 2: This is something I really wanted. I wanted this one.
Speaker 1: You know, there was guys that were here with me
Speaker 1: and twenty and you know, you hear some naysayers, and
Speaker 1: so we didn't get the parade that I've been talking
Speaker 1: about the last week.
Speaker 5: There's been a lot of people that want to discredit
Speaker 5: twenty twenty, and I don't want to harp on this
Speaker 5: a lot, but it's so great to see the guys
Speaker 5: that are still here, from them DOC the players front
Speaker 5: office being able to finally silence the critics on this.
Speaker 5: Because every year has its challenges, everybody has the same
Speaker 5: playing field, This is.
Speaker 2: Way better than twenty twenty. This is a wow. It's incredible. Yeah,
Speaker 2: it's incredible. You can hear it.
Speaker 1: They wanted it, Dave Roberts, Walker, Bueller, Max Munci, these
Speaker 1: guys wanted a championship parade. To experience it, to di
Speaker 1: experience it with you, Dodger fans. As the Dodgers caravan,
Speaker 1: a double becker double decker bus is now making its
Speaker 1: way back inside to Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: They have come back up.
Speaker 1: They have just passed Stadium Way and they are making
Speaker 1: their way up the entrance on this southeast entrance of
Speaker 1: Dodger Stadium with a caravan of double des buses surrounded
Speaker 1: by LAPD motor officers as they escort them up back
Speaker 1: inside Dodger Stadium. Even Dodger fans not on the parade route,
Speaker 1: not inside Dodger Stadium, but along the entrance and exit
Speaker 1: of the one ten Freeway as they make their way
Speaker 1: back inside Dodger Stadium, fans running over to the buses
Speaker 1: to get close as possible and wave to their favorite
Speaker 1: Dodger player. A great day here in southern California, a
Speaker 1: great afternoon for Dodger fans. It's just halfway done, the
Speaker 1: parade was epic. The on field celebration we expect to
Speaker 1: be grand as well, as they are now waiting for
Speaker 1: him here at Dodger Stadium. A sold out crowd here
Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium awaits the Dodger players.
Speaker 2: There is a.
Speaker 1: Circular stage just past second base in shallows center field
Speaker 1: where the podium set up. There's a banner across the back.
Speaker 1: There is a blue carpet that stretches from just behind
Speaker 1: second base all the way back to the center field wall.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be an eruption when these Dodger players make
Speaker 1: their way on the blue carpet into Dodger Stadium. Let's
Speaker 1: go back out as the players are still on the
Speaker 1: buses making their way back into Dodger Stadium. Let's go
Speaker 1: back out to Kirsten Watson, who is standing by with
Speaker 1: Miguel Rojas.
Speaker 6: Miguel, you're a World Series champion. You've got this incredible parade.
Speaker 6: How would you describe it?
Speaker 8: This is ah, this is all we wanna we wanna
Speaker 8: do throughout the whole year.
Speaker 2: We didn't think about this, but uh, this.
Speaker 8: Is one of the most special moments for this group
Speaker 8: of guys. Get to set every day with the fans.
Speaker 8: He says, so special because we.
Speaker 2: Didn't We didn't even in mind that this.
Speaker 8: Is possible when we talk about winning our Wars Wars
Speaker 8: Heatons champion and being the best team in the league.
Speaker 8: This is coming windows and and this is something that
Speaker 8: we want to remember for the for the rest of
Speaker 8: our life.
Speaker 2: And this is the most import part. Is this the
Speaker 2: fans that showed up. Could you have imagined how.
Speaker 6: Many fans are here today?
Speaker 5: And this is such an.
Speaker 2: Expected This is crazy.
Speaker 8: I didn't expect anything off today, but this is actually
Speaker 8: the best, the best thing that I've ever seen in
Speaker 8: my life, after seeing my two kids are born, because
Speaker 8: I mean, what we what we sacrifice, and what we
Speaker 8: need to be in this position and to be able
Speaker 8: to celebrate with the fans so close and actually like
Speaker 8: throw beers and champagne on them is the best part
Speaker 8: because they deserve it as much as we did, because
Speaker 8: they show up every single day, not just at your stadium,
Speaker 8: but they travel best of the whole fans in the world.
Speaker 6: You're wearing your Venezuelan flag to be a world champion
Speaker 6: from Venezuela.
Speaker 2: Describe that feeling in itself.
Speaker 8: Hey, I understand that I don't I don't represent just
Speaker 8: myself and my family and the organization. I represent the
Speaker 8: whole country. And I'm just so happy that I get
Speaker 8: the opportunity to bring every fan from Venezuela, because we
Speaker 8: I know, we have a lot, and this is especial
Speaker 8: for me, and.
Speaker 2: I'm glad that I have to represent everybody. Enjoyed this again, Jude,
Speaker 2: thank you, all right, thank you, Kirsten.
Speaker 1: There's Miguel Roja celebrating on the double decker bus as
Speaker 1: we are back here inside Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: A large crowd on.
Speaker 1: The field as dignitaries make their way backed out onto
Speaker 1: the field in preparation for this ceremony. The busses are
Speaker 1: heading back into Dodger Stadium. We've got a full house.
Speaker 1: It is packed here at Dodger Stadium, a capacity crowd
Speaker 1: getting ready to welcome back the heroes of the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four World Series Championship.
Speaker 2: Team.
Speaker 1: Will take a quick break, we'll come back in ninety
Speaker 1: seconds with the on field celebration as it continues here
Speaker 1: at Dodgers Stadium. Tim Kats, David Vassay, hope you're enjoying it.
Speaker 1: As the Dodgers, our World Series champions and today a
Speaker 1: day to celebrate with all the Dodger fans. Tim Kate's
Speaker 1: backside Dodger Stadium. We are inside a celebration like no
Speaker 1: other for Dodger fans and Dodger players. As the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four World Series Championship team has made its way
Speaker 1: back to Dodger Stadium. They are getting ready to get
Speaker 1: off the buses here at the Dodger Stadium parking lot
Speaker 1: and then head out to the field to join Dodger
Speaker 1: fans who are standing loud, proud, and they have showed
Speaker 1: up fifty two thousand plus here at Dodgers Stadium for
Speaker 1: a celebration for this Dodgers team. The parade is coming,
Speaker 1: gone over a mile long through downtown La, filled everywhere
Speaker 1: you looked with Dodger fans as they made their way
Speaker 1: from City Hall, First Street, Grand Avenue, Fifth Street, Fifth
Speaker 1: and Flower, so many fans. At one point they stopped
Speaker 1: the caravan at double decker buses so they can clear
Speaker 1: a path part the seas, so to speak of Dodger fans,
Speaker 1: to get them through so they can give back to
Speaker 1: Dodgers Stadium. And very cool to see on their way
Speaker 1: here and on their way back to Dodger Stadium, the
Speaker 1: route they take either on the one ten or going
Speaker 1: back along the one ten alongside of it, to see
Speaker 1: Dodger fans getting out of their cars, taking pictures, videos,
Speaker 1: waving and just having a great time celebrating this Dodger championship.
Speaker 1: We are live at Dodger Stadium. There is a circular
Speaker 1: blue stage just past second base. There is white chairs
Speaker 1: set up to the left, center and right of the
Speaker 1: circular stage at Dodger Stadium, and they are waiting for
Speaker 1: this Dodger team to come back and celebrate with them.
Speaker 1: All the Dodger fans on their feet here at Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 1: we expect to hear from dignitaries. I don't mean to
Speaker 1: pull back the curtain too much, but there's a good
Speaker 1: chance Ice Cube could be seen here at Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 1: as they may have seen him walk in just a
Speaker 1: short time ago and take his seat to the right
Speaker 1: of the stage here at Dodger Stadium. Again, just to
Speaker 1: see a Dodger fans outside along the parade route and
Speaker 1: even a greater number watching and listening, and certainly here
Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium fifty two thousand on hand to watch
Speaker 1: this celebration. Kirston Watson, David Vesse doing a tremendous job
Speaker 1: inside the buses of the Dodger caravan that made its
Speaker 1: way along the parade route. Let's hear a little bit
Speaker 1: Kirsten Watson with Landon Neck, Austin Barnes, Joe Kelly from
Speaker 1: the double decker bus through the streets of la planning.
Speaker 6: This is going to be your first parade. What are
Speaker 6: you and a lot of these guys to be honest with,
Speaker 6: what are you looking forward to most about this experience?
Speaker 9: Really just to kind of see all the fans, how
Speaker 9: they react. I know, I know there's a couple million people.
Speaker 9: It sounds like already here waiting, and so I know,
Speaker 9: as starving as this city has been to have a parade,
Speaker 9: I'm just excited to actually be part of this.
Speaker 2: And just kind of feel the energy from them.
Speaker 6: So what has the last thirty six hours.
Speaker 2: Been like for you?
Speaker 9: Chaos? It has been between just the travel back, try
Speaker 9: and get any sort of sleep, but like really not
Speaker 9: getting any and then getting up for this. I guess
Speaker 9: that's been all the all the support reaching out from
Speaker 9: everybody that I've heard from.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just been just just a whirlwind, and I.
Speaker 9: Like still haven't even had a moment to really let
Speaker 9: it just sink in.
Speaker 2: But it's it's just been a it's been fun.
Speaker 6: Everyone's talks about just how special this group is. How
Speaker 6: would you describe it though, Oh, it's so special.
Speaker 9: Yeah, this is just such a close team, such a
Speaker 9: fun group to be around, a resilient group, and so
Speaker 9: kind of getting to the mountaintop, getting to where we
Speaker 9: have been our goal has been all year and getting
Speaker 9: to actually experience this together, Like, this team.
Speaker 2: Is very special.
Speaker 6: Well, you've already won the world champion, but now you
Speaker 6: get celebrated. How excited are you?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 2: I can't wait for this. Enjoy every second? Land absolutely
Speaker 2: all right? Thank you. Kirsten there with Land and Neck.
Speaker 1: As the Dodgers make their way back to Dodger Stadium,
Speaker 1: it's a slow drive back through the parking lot, which
Speaker 1: is full. Dodger Stadium inside is packed Dodger Stadium fans
Speaker 1: here on their feet waiting for the team to come
Speaker 1: back and celebrate with them on the field again. A
Speaker 1: tremendous day and the day that Dodger fans and Dodger
Speaker 1: players have been waiting for this. Dodger organization has wanted
Speaker 1: to celebrate with Dodger fans. Even in twenty twenty, they
Speaker 1: wanted to celebrate, but just couldn't because of the conditions
Speaker 1: and scenarios in our country at that time. But here
Speaker 1: they are twenty twenty four, a much different scene and
Speaker 1: a scene that is so great with Dodger fans here
Speaker 1: at the stadium, on the streets of La Dodger Fever
Speaker 1: has been this way all month long through this World
Speaker 1: Series run for this Dodgers team. Let's head back out
Speaker 1: to Kirsten Watson. You just heard from Land and Neck
Speaker 1: catcher Austin Barnes, a young man out of Riverside. He's
Speaker 1: been a part of World Series runs before. In twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: he was on this World Series team, another Dodger player
Speaker 1: hoping to celebrate not only with friends and family here
Speaker 1: in southern California, but with you, the Dodger fans here
Speaker 1: at Dodger Stadium. Let's go back hereson Watson with Austin Barnes.
Speaker 6: Austin, you guys are finally getting your parade. When you
Speaker 6: look at what the last what twenty four to thirty
Speaker 6: six hours. How do you describe this?
Speaker 2: Yeah, just crazy.
Speaker 10: Obviously, you know in twenty twenty, we didn't get to
Speaker 10: do this, and I think that's something that everybody's looking
Speaker 10: forward to, you know, just coming here, having nobody knows
Speaker 10: what to expect. Just know it's gonna be awesome and
Speaker 10: it's a great day.
Speaker 6: Think about just a parade here in Los Angeles. You're
Speaker 6: a southern California kid. How excited just are you for
Speaker 6: this moment?
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's something you dream of.
Speaker 10: You know, you see the you know when I was younger,
Speaker 10: you see the Lakers, see their thing, and you know,
Speaker 10: just to be able to be a part of it.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 10: I saw how when we won, the videos of the
Speaker 10: city people partying and stuff, so that was awesome.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be really cool.
Speaker 6: I get to share this with this group. Everyone's talked
Speaker 6: about how special this team has been. What has it
Speaker 6: been like?
Speaker 2: How do you describe?
Speaker 6: We could pick a word just looking at how this
Speaker 6: year went.
Speaker 2: Just we're just a really close group.
Speaker 10: You know. I think we started doing things together, started
Speaker 10: bonding a lot, and uh, I think he showed them.
Speaker 10: Everybody went out there and played for.
Speaker 2: You guys, just be a part of this moment. How
Speaker 2: specialis is for the whole Barnes family. My gosh, we're
Speaker 2: we're running on pure adrenaline right now.
Speaker 10: So we're super excited, excited to be able to share.
Speaker 2: With him and high Rosie excited.
Speaker 10: Say what's up, Dodger fans.
Speaker 6: What's up?
Speaker 2: Dodger fans? K okay, Austin, enjoy this? Thank you? All right.
Speaker 1: There's Karsen Watson with Austin Barnes as the Dodgers make
Speaker 1: their way back here to Dodgers Stadium, and they're just
Speaker 1: addressing the crowd here. Anthony Anderson the actor, getting fans
Speaker 1: excited like they needed to get more excited, like they
Speaker 1: needed to get even more amped up here. This place
Speaker 1: is rocking inside Dodger Stadium. Not a single person sitting
Speaker 1: down as they wait for the Dodger players to make
Speaker 1: their grand interest. We're gonna take a time out, we'll
Speaker 1: come back. We'll have the on field celebration for you
Speaker 1: as way your return. Tim Kats live at Dodger Stadium
Speaker 1: on this Friday afternoon. David Vassi exiting the buses with
Speaker 1: the Dodger players as they make their way back from
Speaker 1: the parade We'll have the on field celebration next right
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