November 1, 2024 • 43 mins
Tim Cates and David Vassegh continue with exclusive parade coverage. DV and the players are welcomed by a sea of Dodger fans. DV talks to Teoscar Hernández, Jack Flaherty,Tyler Glasnow, and Tommy Edman. Kirsten Watson talks to Clayton Kershaw, Gavin Lux, and Freddie Freeman.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Us right now alongside David Vassay our Dodgers World Series
Championship celebration presented by Yamaba live from Dodgers Stadium. As
we are minutes away from the parade at City Hall.
Tim Kates inside Dodgers Stadium, David Vassay is on bus
number three of a caravan of double decker buses that
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is getting ready to make its way to City Hall.
Has already left Dodger Stadium. Dodgers Stadium is starting to
fill up.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
DV.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Where are you guys at in this caravan of buses
making their way to the fans of the parade.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
We're about to jump on the one ten freeway here.
We've stopped for a second just to get everything organized
before they head to City Hall here, so all is
well and everybody is very excited. Now they're screaming at
each other from bus to bus, communicating with each other
that way. So it's a good time. It's a good time.
Everybody's having fun. And honestly, Tim, like taosca Hernandez said,
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I think back of how long these guys have been
playing and really putting their bodies to the test since
spring training. They went all the way to South Korea.
I think people forget about that. You forget about the
fact the Dodgers had to report earlier than any other
team in Major League Baseball and played longer than any
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other team in baseball. The Padres were there in South Korea.
They started at the same time as the Dodgers, but
the Dodgers were the last team standing. That's what makes
this championship run even more remarkable. They have played baseball
longer than arguably any team in baseball history.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, it's crazy to think about the long journey of
this season. And you mentioned all the guys, David, that
are on these buses, and it's great to see guys
who contributed in some way or a lot of way,
or were starters all season long, or guys that maybe
got injured. You mentioned one name particular, Gavin Stone. This
Dodgers team isn't winning a World Series without Gavin Stone. David,
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and what he did during the regular season, taking the
ball every five or six days, and then it ultimately
you know, he hurts his arm late in September, isn't
able to pitch in October, but he has a big
part of this Dodger team.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, when you think back to some of the great
moments of the season. You think back to Gavin Stone's
complete game shutout against the White Sox in Chicago. That
was unbelievable. That was one of the best pitch games
all season long. That wasn't a no hitter. You think
back to that game at coors Field, right. Remember, Jason
Hayward was part of this team. The Dodgers were down
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what nine to five in that game in June at Corsefield.
In the ninth inning, they come back with a grand
slam from Hayward and the guy sitting behind me, te
Oscar Hernandez, one of his biggest home runs of the year,
a go ahead, three run home run to give the
Dodgers an eleven to nine win at Coors Field. Those
are the things that people that weren't following the Dodgers
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or get caught up in October, forget about what the
Dodgers did in the postseason. Is what they were doing
all season long. And that's why, you know, people don't
give this team enough credit for the character they have
on this team. And look, Dave Roberts sees taking a
lot of incoming. You have to give him a lot
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of credit for the job he did this year. I thought, honestly,
the last two years of managing for Dave Roberts have
been his two best years with the Dodgers, and him
just having a pulse for his team, And you think,
I just I feel like Dave Roberts gets way more
blamed than he deserves and in some ways gets way
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more credit than he deserves. He's only as good as
the players are when he puts them in positions to succeed,
and you think back to the great GM manager combinations.
We're on the one ten right now, heading heading towards
City Hall, and the one ten North is stopped bumper
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to bumper, and the fans have just stopped on their
own and are taking video of the parade buses going
in the opposite direction right now on the one ten freeway.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Yeah, watching you guys Dodger Stadium, and you can hear
the cheers here, David. They're now showing the team on
the buses making your way on the one ten two
City Hall, which you guys will be at in just
a couple of minutes. And then there's hundreds of thousands
of Dodgers fans aligned the streets of LA for that
one point two miles of this parade that will start
after Mayor Bass gives a speech at Dodger Stadium. Hopefully
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the politicians will make a quick TV and the fans
can get to see their favorite Dodger players.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah, no doubt. And going back to my point about
the great GM manager combinations, Tim, you think back to
Brian Cashman and Joe Tory, John Scherholtz and Bobby Cox.
Don't you have to put Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts
in that category. I mean, they're right up there with
Al Campanis and Tommy Lasorda right now.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Put them in that category.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
All right. We're still moving towards the city Hall on
the one ten South the one ten North headed to
Pasadena right now. The traffic is stopped and everybody's honking
their horns. I'm not sure if you could hear that.
In the background, they're honking their horns and taking a
cell phone video of the parade buses headed towards city Hall.
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I'm telling you this city is at a standstill. I
know we had Blake Jolie on earlier. He's right. If
you need to go to the DMB, today would be
the day because nobody is working today. Everybody is in
and around downtown, or they've got the TV's on wherever
they're working. They got the radio on, the iHeartRadio app
on in their offices right now, Tim, it's all brought
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to you by Yama Bah.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
You can hear the fans honking at you guys on
the buses as you guys make your way on the
one ten South. Those are all hanks of horns coming
on the one ten North. And what a pleasant surprise.
A lot of those people are getting right now as
they're making their commute or their drive through downtown and
they're seeing double decker after double decker bus make their
way past them.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Oh, we're going underneath and underpass. Everybody down, everybody down,
everybody down. All right, we got underneath one of the
overpasses here, Tim, We're all safe all as well.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
That was something in the King's Parade at twenty twenty
twelve that the flayers had to be alert off because
that low pass of the bridge there and the double
decker buses get pretty close together.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Hey, I just spotted the World Series Trophy. It's on
the second bus with Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts We're
the bus behind the World Series Trophy with taoscar Hernandez,
Jack Flaherty, Mookie Bed Show Hey Otani Yoshiamamoto. Otani, by
the way, is at the back of the bus, sitting down, cool, calm, collected.
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I'm not sure what he's thinking right now, but I'm
looking at him. He's very relaxed back there. He's just
taking videotape, and you got to wonder what's going on
with him as far as his emotions when it comes
to just what he's seeing, because he has never experienced
this ever, He's never even come close to winning the
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World Series, let alone being in the postseason in his
first six years. And he's just sitting back, relaxing and
enjoying whatever he's seeing and whatever we're seeing as far
as the fans go. Can you imagine if you're driving
on the one ten North right now and you look
to your left and you see the Dodgers parade buses,
and you look over and you see showy Otani just
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sitting down with his hat backwards, just relaxing. I mean,
come on, only in La, Baby.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Only in La and they're showing fans on top of
the overpasses, climbing the chain link fence, yelling down as
the Dodger.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Buses as they make their way by.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
If you look to your left or right up the
in Bakvin's, David, they're showing fans that have pulled over
on the off ramps and are getting out of their
cars and looking and taking videos and pictures and waving
at the Dodger buses, which looks like you, guys are
now making your way closely into downtown as you exit
the one ten freeway there. I believe it's sixth in
Wiltshire or third Street there in downtown.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Ever, being here, you don't know where we are. All
of that frequent riverside drive.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Is this close to Don Kuco's.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Anybody any chance exactly?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Are you taking the after party to Don Cuco's tonight, Tim.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Dave will be there in full effect. We're gonna close
that place down.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Oh I love it, So you better go there. You
better celebrate there. Yes, I see the fans now that
have gotten off the out of their cars. I see
them now as we are getting on the off ramp
towards City Hall. This is amazing, Tim, This is amazing,
especially in the cell phone age where you know, you
could just get out of your car and take a videotape.
I mean, now I know how OJ felt in the
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White Bronco. Now I know how it feels.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
A little bit. You know.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
I got Texas said, it's sort of like you're the
captain of the Jungle Cruise at at Disneyland as they
make their way and describing everything that you're seeing.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
This is very cool, David, that's a great call.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Does this feel like the Jungle Cruise tail like at Disneyland?
Do I feel like the guy driving the boat? Oh
you will go. You gotta go to Disneyland. Now play
Disneyland passes for tail.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Oh way, beat us.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
They're gonna have a parade for you at Disneyland too
one day.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Come on.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Looking at those championship hats, Davids, those are kind of
old school eighty eight looking with the trophy in the
middle and the gold looks like champions across the front
or Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I can't tell what that says, but.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
These are a little bit cooler than the ones from
eighty eight because I remember the eighty eight World Series hat.
It was just the World Series logo with the baseball
diamond and it's just said World Series on it. These
are definitely more stylish than those in eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
David, I'm looking next door at the CBS booth. Next door.
Steve Sacks is on the air.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
He was with us earlier and of course hard of
scam and to see him looking out and watching the
TV coverage and certainly watching the Dodger fans here at
Dodger Stadium. A member of the eighty eight team is
in awe right now. What are you seeing a bit
the celebration.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Yeah, it would be interesting to see if he Oh
my gosh, there's fans in the ivy on the off
rams here in downtown LA. It's pretty cool to see
all these fans that are just trying to get a
glimpse of their favorite players. I'm looking back at the
bus right now. I see Chris Taylor. I see Mookie
Betts with his wife, his kids, his mom. I see
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Bobby Miller, I see Tommy Edmond. I see Otani with
his wife. I see Yamamoto at the very back with
Hero as an interpreter. I see who else do I
see on this bus? Obviously ta Oscar Hernandez is right
behind me. Andy Pajes is right behind me. Jack Flaherty
and Tyler Glass now are sitting across from each other
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here as well, So it's a pretty cool bus. And
the bus behind us has Chi k Hernandez has World
Series MVP Freddie Freeman on it as we are exiting Broadway,
and the overpass here is full of Dodger fans. You know,
anytime I see you overpass a full of people when
I'm on the freeway, I get a little nervous, but
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very We feel very safe here, Tim. This has been
organized great by the LAPD, who we love, the CHP,
who we love. They've done a great job of keeping
law and order here for this parade.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Law and order every time.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Dodger's World Series Championship celebration is presented by Yamavah We
of course you're a home of the twenty twenty four
World Series champion LA Dodgers. You're listening to AM five
seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Tim
kates inside Dodger Stadium, which is quickly filling up, watching
the celebration on the Dodger vision boards, and of course
after the parade, it will all come back here for
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an on field celebration. David Vasse, the Dodger Insider, is
live on bus number three. Nobody else in southern California
has that. The TV stand ups there's somewhere else, nobody
else has a Dodger reporter on a team bus like
a seventy LA Sports does. And Dave is on bus
number three right now.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
As you guys get closer and closer, DV, I see it.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You're along the one O one it looks like, or
the one ten, maybe getting closer to city Hall.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yeah, we are, We're getting closer. You got a lot
of streets blocked off. Do I see city Hall in
the distance. I do not see city Hall in the
distance from where we're at right now. But what I
do see is guys starting to get up and certainly
move around and starting to feel that celebration vibe. Tim,
that's when you know. That's when you know things are
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getting real. Because guys were sitting down on the bus,
they feel a little bit more comfortable and ready to
stand up and feel it. Right now, I see the
bus behind me has Gavin Stone, Anthony Banda, Keiky Hernandez,
Freddie Freeman. Some guys have lit up some cigars, here
the bus, so everybody's feeling it here, Tim, We're about
to make a rite on Spring Street. So City Hall
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is just around the corner. And can't wait to see
the crowd of fans that are there. I see a
lot of government workers that have come out in their
suit and ties, and there it is, there is City Hall. Wow,
this is amazing really to have this vantage point, Tim,
as the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers are headed there
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right now to be celebrated. They're starting to feel it
as well. Everybody's on their feet on the buses now
to really enjoy all this.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Yeah, you guys are making a right on the Spring Street.
You're gonna see City Hall there and in a minute, David,
and after that, I'm looking at a wide shot, Curzy
are friends at Sports and at LA an aerial shot
of the area, and you guys are going to get
into a sea of Dodger fans. And for those listening,
have a great time. Be safe out there. The buses
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will be towards you shortly as there will be a
few minutes of Mayor Bass congratulating the Dodgers championship run.
And then of course we'll have the parade right here
on FI seventy LA Sports David Veasse on bus number three. David,
I'm watching the players. You're right, they're starting to stand up.
They're starting to get moving around because they know this
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place is gonna be going crazy here in just a
few minutes. I see tay Oscar's up. He's excited as well.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Dave. Yeah, tails up, he's ready. He's feeling it now.
He woke up. Now he's feeling good now. As we
get closer to Temple Street here, Teoscar Hernandez and David
Bassey live from the parade route on the bus. This
is the championship bus here. This is a great bus
with a lot of great people. I think that's what
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everybody loves about this team. Tim. Not only are they
great players, but certainly great people. And like I said,
I'll say it again, Miguel Rojas said it perfectly when
he talked about this is not just a team with talent,
it's a team with character and they certainly have showed that.
As we are getting closer to City Hall.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
The buses are moving closer to the start of the parade,
and then they'll head for one point two miles on
the parade route starting at Grand Park in front of
City Hall on Spring Street. They will continue down First
Street March four blocks to South Grand Avenue.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
From there, the parade heads the.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Fifth and Flower by the LA Central Library, and Dave,
I can see it right now, the fans eight nine,
ten people deep. As you guys start to make your
way into that sea of people.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Oh yeah, we got the fire truck here on our right.
As we get closer to Temple Street, everybody a sea
of blue for these Dodgers. I'm not sure any of
these guys realize how great they are, how much these
fans love them, how much this city bleeds Dodger blue.
We are now at the intersection of Sprinting and Temple As.
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The fans are going wild here for their love of
the Dodgers and the love of their World Series Championship teams.
They have been waiting for so many years to be
able to celebrate their team, and they are finally getting it.
This is awesome.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
David Vesse live on bus number three en.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Route to City Hall.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
You still got me, Tim, We got.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
You, Dave.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It is a sea of Dodger fans around City Hall.
As you guys approach a scene like no other.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Sweeter. Yeah it is. We're now a few hundred feet
away from City Hall as the Dodger Oh man, I
see the park. It is full, Tim, Wow, I told
you have never seen these many fans for a championship p.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
Eight.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
I mean this levels and tops with the two thousand
Lakers enjoyed after their first championship since nineteen eighty eight.
This is, this is overwhelming. I see signs out there.
These fans are just looking for any sort of attachment
to say they were here to celebrate this Dodger team.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
I'm watching Clayton Kershaw look out over the sea of
people from the bus that he is on, just looking
over at the sea of Dodger fans, and the face
that he has right now is a face of amazement,
a face of a man who has put his soul
into this franchise for seventeen years, won a championship, wanted
a parade, and now just looking out about he is amazed.
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You can see it in his face, in his eyes,
how amazed he is of the crowd right now there.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yeah, great point, Tim. He's the guy that has strived
his entire career to win the World Series, and when
he did he did not get a parade, but here
he is finally experiencing what a championship parade for a
world championship Dodger team is like. He cannot be forgotten
in all of this. Kei k a Hernandez is at
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the front here. Man, this is amazing. This really is
a amazing And I can't see Kershaw from my vantage point,
but such a great point to be made. Tim how
he never got to experience this. He came back one
more year to have an opportunity at this, and now
he's experiencing it. Even though he wasn't able to pitch
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the last two months of the season, he did pitch
and he was part of this team. And here he
is on a championship parade. Flow very happy for him.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Dave, Your covers will continue from the bus once Mayor
bass is done speaking.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
We gotta take a quick time out. We'll come back.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Tab will be on bus number three when the parade
officially starts where he's in the middle of it right now.
We'll take a quick break here on exclusive parade covers
presented by Yah Bah Bah and we'll come back. We'll
hear for the Mayor and David Vassay as the parade
will get under way right here on an FI seventy
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Speaker 2 (19:08):
The bread is underway. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
David vass on Bus number three seven different buses making
their way down First Street as they started on Spring
in front of City Hall. Com Mayor Karen Bass got
it all started with the Let's Go Dodgers chant. The
confetti streams were then streamed out all cross First Street
and here we are now the Dodgers players on double
decker buses, seven of them I count as they make
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their way up First Street, just passing Olive Avenue. Are
Olive Street as we make our way towards Grant in
which the caravan of double decker bustles will then head
off to make its way too, of course Dodger Stadium.
Let's go out to David Vassa, Who's day Live with
the Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Let's go to David Love the last.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Champion, Taoscar Hernandez.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Sorry, all right, I'm.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
Here at Taoscar Hernandez around the paragram, Tara, did you
realize how much this.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
City loves you?
Speaker 6 (20:11):
This is Crasey man. I love this. This is a
dream for me, and I love it.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I honestly love the sooth.
Speaker 6 (20:20):
And thank you for all the support, always been there
and for welcoming into the Little Sandals. It made me
feel part of this family.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
What does it mean to you to have them chant
your name on a championship parade?
Speaker 6 (20:34):
It means the war. This is everything for me. This
is why I play, and this is the last thing
that I wanted in my career. And here we are
celebrating with the fast and this is law right here.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
You believed in yourself when you sign with the Dodgers.
Do you feel like the game rewarded you?
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:54):
I think I got a little more than I was expected.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
But it's been a year and I'm hoping to be
part of this.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Hopefully we can run it back next year.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
Yeah, hopefully enjoy the parade. We love you, Thank you,
we too.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
All right, there is Tay Oscar Hernandez with David Vassi
on bus number three as the Dodger caravan continues here
to Dodger Stadium. As it makes its way through the
streets of downtown LA. Are coverage presented by Budweiser. This
buds for you Bank of America, the official bank of
the LA Dodgers. The Dodger double decker buses making their
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way up First Street and now they are making the turn,
the left handed turn on too Grand Avenue. So we're
about a third of the way through this parade through
the streets of downtown LA and the crowd is enormous.
It is absolutely amazing to see the love and support
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from Dodger fans for this team. A parade that we
waited for for years, thirty six years since the nineteen
eighty eight parade, and here they are in twenty twenty four,
able to celebrate a World Series championship. More confetti being
sprayed as the Dodgers make their way through downtown Los Angeles.
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Just when you think they make the turn on the ground,
we got Dodger fans hanging from the street lights on
Grand Avenue. We got Dodger fans waving flags, hanging from
the street lights at First and Grand as it makes
its turn down to Grand Avenue. The seventh World Series
title in the city of Los Angeles, the eighth in
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franchise history. As the celebration continues here on a five
to seventy LA Sports, the turn being made, they just
see of Dodger fans making their way along the parade route,
many camped out since five four o'clock this morning. We
heard from Blake Trolley earlier, Corbyn Parson from KFI News
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along the parade route telling us about the fans, talking
to the fans who have been waiting for this moment,
and it's certainly fitting that today be in November first,
Fernando Valenzwala's birthday, the Dodgers are able to celebrate a
World Series championship, and doing so in grand style here
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on five seventy LA Sports Again, Tim Kates live inside
Dodger Stadium where it is starting to get near capacity. Dignitaries,
family members hanging out on the field where the celebration
will continue on the field with a ceremony just past
second base in shallow center field, a circular stage is
set up. They are starting to get seated in their
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positions with chairs surrounding the stage, and certainly Dodger fans
here watching the celebration on the Dodger vision boards as
the parade makes its way through downtown LA in a
sea of humanitys ten fifteen in some spots on Grand Avenue,
twenty people deep, and the blue and white confetti streaming
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right now across Grand Avenue as the fans wave hopefully
for a collampse just for a second of eye to
eye contact, waiting for just somebody to wave back to
them aboard those double decker buses, as the Dodger fans,
a lot of them in awe right now, pointing celebrating
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this championship team and what they were able to accomplish,
and it's.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Gotta be well worth it.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
The grind from Soeul, South Korea in March, to the
ups and downs of one hundred and sixty two game season,
to the playoffs being down two games to one of
the Padres, the NLCS being the Mets in six games,
and then going to New York and winning a championship
on the field the Yankee Stadium. The exhaustion that you
saw from a lot of these players this morning was
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that of a sigh of this is it the culmination
of a long season? Finally, But as soon as they
made that turning, you heard it right here with David Vasse.
As soon as they made that turn on to Spring
Street and they saw for the first time the wall
and sea of fans standing by with TV. All right,
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it was amazing to see that. Let's go back out
to David Vassy standing by, standing by with Jack Flernity,
the bride of the eight to one age, David Vassy
standing by with the Game five starter, big part of
this Dodger team. In September and October, Jack Flerity back home.
You've heard about him, being from the valley from Burbank,
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winning a championship, a CIF title, now a World.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Series title, celebrating all of you.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
This is on believable life. Seeing Freddy Pickers everywhere, Freddy
the fricke man. I love that dude. I would give him.
How give a kiss right now? Like Hayes, the city
showing out. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 7 (26:01):
Did you realize how much you guys meant to this city?
Speaker 3 (26:05):
No?
Speaker 2 (26:06):
I did not, not until right now.
Speaker 7 (26:09):
People fucking lighting up on the freaking buildings and everything
It's unbelievable. Rep the cause, it's oh my god. Well
you've seen Linker parades. This has doubled that size.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
This is unbelievable. I love this city.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
I never want to leave. Let's run it back.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
I never want to leave Jack clarity.
Speaker 7 (26:31):
Hometown, Ken making hometown dreams come true.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Celebrate the believe.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Thank you to you Jack Clarity there with David Vassay
from the eight one eights, and to hear him in
his excitement and to hear him talk about what this
means to him, and to see his face right now
and to hear it in his voice what this means
to him, having a championship in his hometown. He may
have talked about it, he may have thought about it,
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he may have dreamt about it, but this has got
to be above any of those expectations, as far as
winning a World Series championship and doing so as a
member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tim Kates, David Vasse,
we are live here on m five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
The parade continues.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
The celebratory parade will end at Fifth and Flower, and
then we'll come to Dodger Stadium for an on field
celebration with a sold out Dodger Stadium that is starting
to fill up.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
The excitement is off the charts.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
The buzz in this city continues even after the clinching
of the championship on Wednesday night in Yankee Stadium in
the Bronx.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
We'll come back.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
We'll hear from more Dodger players, David Vase, Kirsten Watson
on the buses, all on the parade route. We'll get
to them when we come back. The parade continues. The
celebration continues right here on an FI seventy LA Sports
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app here right here.
Speaker 8 (27:57):
This is amazing.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
World Series Championship celebration here on a five seventy LA
Sports continues presented by Yamava as we are live at
Dodgers Stadium, and the celebration will continue here as the
parade continues along the streets of Los Angeles. Our coverage
also presented by Budweiser at this bunch for you Bank
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your cult, the probiotic drink of the Dodgers. All right,
(28:25):
let's head back out to the parade. David Vase Kirson
Watson are on the team buses giving you exclusive coverage
with the players. Shirts are coming off, beers are flowing.
Let's head back out. Kirson Watson standing by with Gavin Lutz.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Angeles to this Dodgers organization.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Kevin to be up here, that's a rat. But at
the media, Oh.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
This is awesome.
Speaker 9 (28:47):
Uh, this is these are the best fans.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
In baseball right here.
Speaker 9 (28:51):
I think they said two million people are coming out
and this is unbelievable right here on Yeah, just seeing how.
Speaker 10 (28:56):
Many people love us and we love them.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
This is this is these best fans in baseball.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
Is everything you imagine it, Mar, this is more.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
This is better than I thought it was going to be.
Speaker 10 (29:05):
Right here.
Speaker 4 (29:05):
This is amazing.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
Can you believe that you're a World Series Sambi.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
No, that's what you drew about your whole life if
you play baseball, and this is special.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
Right here, enjoint Gavin.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
All right, there's Gavin Lux with Kirston Watson. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Kirsten. Kirson is on one of the buses. David Bassey
is on one of the buses as the buses now
make a right handed turn. They started at City Hall
on Spring Street. They made a right on to First,
They've made a left onto Grand, and now they have
concluded that four blocks along Grand and a absolute sea
of Dodger fans that are making the turn with them,
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a right handed turn going from Grand Avenue to Fifth Street,
and then the parade will come to a conclusion at
Fifth and Flower in front of La Central Library. Unbelievable,
the see of humanity that is out there right now,
the Dodger fans representing Gavin Lucks.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Two million people. Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I would not doubt the fact that they have two
million people out for this parade here in downtown Los
Angeles as we celebrate this twenty twenty four Dodgers World
Series title that will come back here for an on
field celebration that will get underway maybe in about a
half an hour or so, but the players are gonna
have to disembark and come down to Dodger Stadium for
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the ceremony, which again is gonna be a capacity crowd
here and is already close to that as Dodger fans
enjoyed the parade.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
On the Dodger vision Board, it looks.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Like Kirsten Watson getting ready to stand by with Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
When he does, we will go to that. So let's go.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Kirsten Watson, I see her ready to go. Let's send
it out to her in the bus. Clayton Kershaw standing
by with Kirsten.
Speaker 5 (30:43):
You're partly getting a sprain. How incredible it is.
Speaker 10 (30:46):
It's the best thing under the partners. I've never seen
so many people in my.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Life, and they're all Dodger.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
Fans and they all love it as much as we
do here.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
It's unbelievable. When you think about Los Angeles Baseball, I
think everything is in David Last right here, Dodgers Facebook.
Speaker 10 (31:02):
I don't even know what you're asked, but I'm so excited.
Speaker 5 (31:04):
Right now when you see all these fans here, get
pity me. I've lost Angeles Dodgers Facebook time.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
That's incredible.
Speaker 10 (31:10):
I've never never did you experience anything like this and
it makes everything worth this may matter of it.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
You're a two times world champion? What did that mean?
Speaker 4 (31:19):
You're two time?
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Thank you?
Speaker 10 (31:23):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
All right, there's Karson Watson with Clayton Kershaw. It is
deafening out there on the on the parade route right
now along Grand Avenue as they make their way towards
the end of this parade that started about twenty minutes
to go in front of City Hall and is now
zigzag through downtown LA.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
It is an absolute sea of.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Dodger fans along the parade route all the way along
when it started and now to when it's going to
come to a conclusion. Of course, we have it for
you right here on AFI seven e LA Sports. You're
a home of the Dodgers. You're a home of the
world the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and our
coverage of this championship celebration is presented by Yamava the Again,
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the parade will come to a conclusion and then the
Dodger buses will make their way back to Dodger Stadium
for the on field celebration. Here at the ravine, and
you've seen members of ownership, the media is starting to
make their way down to behind second base. There is
a circular blue stage there for the Dodger players and
coaches to all speak at. We got some led screen setup.
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We certainly got a blue carpet that has been put
out from center field all the way to around second
base for the start of this on field celebration when
they finally do get back here to Dodger Stadium. It
is truly a scene here at Dodger Stadium and on
this parade route with it has got to be it's
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got to be close to two million people watching this
parade along the streets of Los Angeles, which again started
in front of City Hall, went to First Street, Grand Avenue,
and now they are making their way on Fifth Street
in down town Los Angeles. It looks like Tyler Glass
now could be joining David Vasse here in just a minute.
And as soon as we get that, we will go
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out to DV with Tyler Glass. Now, of course, the
pride of Heart High School and coming over into the
Dodgers in the off season in a trade signs and
contract extension has meant so much to this, to this
Dodger team. Let's go out to David Vasse and Tyler Glass.
Speaker 7 (33:22):
Now, Tyler, you grew up a Dodger finn, You're part
of a World Series champion. Now, first team to experience
this since nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
This is I had no idea it was gonna be
like this. I didn't even know this many people existent.
This is unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Like it seems like the entire city of La came
out today.
Speaker 4 (33:39):
It's phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
A lot of you guys are so locked in.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Did you realize how much the city and how much
you mean to the city.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
It's incredible.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Yeah, Like, I think the support for every single player
on this team is unbelievable. It's transcends baseball. It's bigger
than baseball.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Just to be a part of it, all right, thank you, David.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, it is a sea of humanity as the Dodger
fans are celebrating, and there's Tyler Glass now even more
than he expected.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Whoa.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
The shirts are coming off for the Dodger players as
they are enjoying themselves in Dodger World Series gear.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Shirts which have.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Come off, hats which have been turned backwards, the Budweisers.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
This Bud's for you.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
They are flowing on those caravan of buses making their
way along Fifth Avenue here in downtown Los Angeles. Fifth
and Flower is where this parade will come to it
in and again. It is a tremendous day here in
southern California, the celebration for Dodger fans and Dodger players
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finally being able to come together and not be able
to celebrate in twenty twenty, but to do so here
in twenty twenty four. You heard the build up, You
heard the talk from the players. Dave Roberts talked about
it almost every day at the podium pre and postgame
when talking to the media about the importance of winning
a World Series. So they can share with you the
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Dodger fans here in southern California. It is an unbelievable
scene here in downtown LA for Dodger fans, Dodger players,
coaches to celebrate together. The players on double decker buses
in downtown Los Angeles waving. Walker Bueller is hanging over
his bus waving.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
At Dodger fans.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I see Andy Pajez, Keik Hernandez both shirtless, Anthony Bonda shirtless.
Dodger players enjoining themselves waving to Dodger fans up and
down this parade route which started at City Hall and
now is winding down at Fifth and Flower. Our own
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David Vase on the bus, Kirston Watson on the bus.
See Tony Gonsolin sitting on the back of one of
the buses along with Alex Vesia, who's holding up a
Dodgers championship bells. How about the Dodgers' bullpen, this group
that came together as one, the dogs as they called themselves,
wearing the mask for mister Cartoon, being the group together
(36:05):
that's selfless and said, we don't care what our role is.
We're an opener or the closer or the mid relief guy,
where the bulkanny guy doesn't matter. We are one together
as a bullpen. Taoscar Hernandez standing on the bus. We
just heard from him and David vassa Dave's on bus
number three, Walker Bueller. There's Tommy Edmund holding his young child,
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waving at Dodger fans along Fifth Street.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
Let's head back out now to David Vass.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Looks like he's about to stand by, hopefully with Tommy edmundus.
It is a chaotic scene out there, but in a
good way. As the celebration continues with the Dodger players.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
Asking for live.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Let's go back out to David Vasse.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
If we get oh, it's like Dave's not ready, but
we will check in with David Vass standing by with
Tommy Edmond again. Is that the breat hat slowed down
a little bit here as they're trying to navigate their
way out of this parade route. Hey, get back to
Dodgers Stadium. Let's go back out, David Batsay, Tommy edmittt
go ahead, David.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
These pictures inside the Dodgers club House. Well, we just
heard from the World Series mvpay. How about the National
League Championship Series MVP?
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Dad, Tommy edmon Is with David Vesse, take it away, dB.
Speaker 7 (37:18):
I'm here at NLCS MVP and his teammates keep calling
him b MVP.
Speaker 5 (37:23):
You get you on.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Eli's here too, broadcaster.
Speaker 4 (37:27):
Do you have any questions for your dad?
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Eli? What do you got?
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Addy?
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Are you gonna say? How much fun you having today?
We're having a blast. Thanks for asking, Eli. I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (37:36):
Tommy, Is this succeeded your expectations?
Speaker 4 (37:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (37:39):
This is amazing.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
I mean this, this has gotta be way more than
two million people. That's what they said at the beginning.
But it feels like the whole city of la is
out here to support us today.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
It's been amazing.
Speaker 7 (37:47):
Did you realize how much this city loves this team?
Speaker 8 (37:53):
You know, I had a good idea, but I feel
like I didn't fully comprehend it until until today, you know,
just seeing everybody out here, it's been amazing, really really
special feeling.
Speaker 7 (38:02):
How much do you love being on this team with
these group of guys.
Speaker 8 (38:05):
Yeah, there's nothing better, nothing better in the world. This
is these group of guys, best best, the best team.
Speaker 4 (38:11):
I've been a part of.
Speaker 8 (38:12):
You know, welcome me with open arms right away when
I got here, just like Eli's welcoming to this microphone
right now. But yeah, Betty yah, it's it's been amazing.
I've loved every moment of it.
Speaker 7 (38:22):
Congratulations Tommy, you deserve all of this. You've been such
a big part of this team ever since you joined it.
And man, you are a world champion, World champs.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Baby, thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
You and Eli.
Speaker 8 (38:34):
Let's go you all right, your fancy line.
Speaker 4 (38:41):
Thanks Tommy, thank you.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
All right, there's David Vassa and Tommy Edmund. Nowhere else
are you getting this, folks? David Vassay on bus number
three talking to taoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edmund. We heard from
Clayton Kershaw, We heard from Jack Flaherty, Tyler Klass. Now
every Dodger soaking it in right now, as are the fans.
Two million fans expected in the streets of LA and
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at Dodger Stadium for the first World Series celebration in
Dodger history since.
Speaker 2 (39:09):
Nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
Let's head back out to the parade route. Looks like
Kirston Watson. Yep, she's ready to go, standing by with
the MVP of the World Series, Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Here's to take it away, Freddy?
Speaker 5 (39:23):
How amazing is just right? All these fans for you guys?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yeah, this is incredible. LA really showed out today.
Speaker 5 (39:29):
Can you believe just not about thirty six hours ago
you became a two time world terrace champion. Now you're
celebrating this moment.
Speaker 2 (39:36):
I know it's hard to believe.
Speaker 8 (39:37):
Really, I'll be sunk in yet, but I think this
is made up for twenty twenty two. These fans are
going crazy and this is fun to be a part of.
Speaker 5 (39:44):
When you think about celebrating something with all these guys,
what does it mean to you?
Speaker 2 (39:47):
And how special is this scrump? Yeah, it means a lot.
Speaker 10 (39:50):
This is all for the fans.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Though, because you know, on those Tuesdays in June there's
still fifty three thousand people at Dodger Stadium, and that's
what it's all about and they came out and support
us and these great book guys.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
This is this is this is special.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
This is a long year for so many reasons. To
be here and celebrate with your family these guys.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Can you believe it?
Speaker 8 (40:09):
It's hard to even putting the words. Max is over
here having blast, Charlie's throwing things right here. It's been
a long year. But everybody's healthy on our bus and
this makes everything so much better.
Speaker 5 (40:22):
Enjoy all of these moments. I know Southern California can't
get into us in LA.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
It's got to be special.
Speaker 10 (40:27):
I know.
Speaker 8 (40:27):
This is amazing to meeting from Telling California.
Speaker 10 (40:29):
I'm seeing a brain like this.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
This is even better congratulation.
Speaker 5 (40:33):
It's fready.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
Thank you your job all right, they're scarce than Thank
you very much.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Freddie Freeman on one of the buses there on the
parade route, which has now come to a stop as
they try to clear a path for the Dodger caravan
of double decker buses to get through. They have started
and ended their parade now in Fifth and Flower, and
the Dodgers players are on the buses. We just heard
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from Freddie Freeman as they await in escort to get.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
Through the sea of Dodger fans.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Walker Bueller's David Vatas told us and broke the news
earlier that he is wearing Oral Hersheiser's nineteen eighty eight
World Series gray jersey. As he makes his way through
the parade road, he was doing beer bongs. The players
are celebrated, and rightfully so. It's a day of celebration
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here in southern California. And for somebody who was born
and raised here in LA, who grew up a Dodger fan,
who grew up watching the Laker parades in the eighties,
who then was a part of covering the Laker parades
in the early in mid ten two thousands, to see
the crowds they had there, tremendous, unbelievable. I remember two
thousand and that pre LA Live parking lot that they
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had built across from Staples Center still in the works,
and the just see a people that were there watching
Shaquille O'Neil and Kobe Bryant celebrate the first NBA championship
since nineteen eighty eight. It was twelve years since then,
and then they win a championship and now here in
twenty twenty four to see the magnitude of this Dodger celebration.
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It is more than I ever thought, more than I
ever remember for the Lakers Championships twenty twenty four. It's
a whole new level for this Dodger franchise and for
Dodger fans to be able to finally celebrate together a
World Series title. It's our World Series Celebration coverage here
presented by Yamava on your home of the Dodgers, am
(42:35):
FI seventy LA Sports as we are also on the
iHeartRadio app. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come
back and we'll get ready for the on field celebration.
As the Dodger caravan of buses now makes its way
back to Dodger Stadium, they have to get off the
buses and then they'll make their way in to Dodger
Stadium on a blue carpet that has been rolled out
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for royalty here at Dodger Stadium. Him as the champions
are coming home to Dodger Stadium to celebrate with you.
The on field celebration and so much more is coming
up right here on am FI seventy LA Sports Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Us right now alongside David Vassay our Dodgers World Series
Championship celebration presented by Yamaba live from Dodgers Stadium. As
we are minutes away from the parade at City Hall.
Tim Kates inside Dodgers Stadium, David Vassay is on bus
number three of a caravan of double decker buses that
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is getting ready to make its way to City Hall.
Has already left Dodger Stadium. Dodgers Stadium is starting to
fill up.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
DV.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Where are you guys at in this caravan of buses
making their way to the fans of the parade.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
We're about to jump on the one ten freeway here.
We've stopped for a second just to get everything organized
before they head to City Hall here, so all is
well and everybody is very excited. Now they're screaming at
each other from bus to bus, communicating with each other
that way. So it's a good time. It's a good time.
Everybody's having fun. And honestly, Tim, like taosca Hernandez said,
(00:59):
I think back of how long these guys have been
playing and really putting their bodies to the test since
spring training. They went all the way to South Korea.
I think people forget about that. You forget about the
fact the Dodgers had to report earlier than any other
team in Major League Baseball and played longer than any
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other team in baseball. The Padres were there in South Korea.
They started at the same time as the Dodgers, but
the Dodgers were the last team standing. That's what makes
this championship run even more remarkable. They have played baseball
longer than arguably any team in baseball history.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Yeah, it's crazy to think about the long journey of
this season. And you mentioned all the guys, David, that
are on these buses, and it's great to see guys
who contributed in some way or a lot of way,
or were starters all season long, or guys that maybe
got injured. You mentioned one name particular, Gavin Stone. This
Dodgers team isn't winning a World Series without Gavin Stone. David,
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and what he did during the regular season, taking the
ball every five or six days, and then it ultimately
you know, he hurts his arm late in September, isn't
able to pitch in October, but he has a big
part of this Dodger team.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, when you think back to some of the great
moments of the season. You think back to Gavin Stone's
complete game shutout against the White Sox in Chicago. That
was unbelievable. That was one of the best pitch games
all season long. That wasn't a no hitter. You think
back to that game at coors Field, right. Remember, Jason
Hayward was part of this team. The Dodgers were down
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what nine to five in that game in June at Corsefield.
In the ninth inning, they come back with a grand
slam from Hayward and the guy sitting behind me, te
Oscar Hernandez, one of his biggest home runs of the year,
a go ahead, three run home run to give the
Dodgers an eleven to nine win at Coors Field. Those
are the things that people that weren't following the Dodgers
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or get caught up in October, forget about what the
Dodgers did in the postseason. Is what they were doing
all season long. And that's why, you know, people don't
give this team enough credit for the character they have
on this team. And look, Dave Roberts sees taking a
lot of incoming. You have to give him a lot
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of credit for the job he did this year. I thought, honestly,
the last two years of managing for Dave Roberts have
been his two best years with the Dodgers, and him
just having a pulse for his team, And you think,
I just I feel like Dave Roberts gets way more
blamed than he deserves and in some ways gets way
(03:47):
more credit than he deserves. He's only as good as
the players are when he puts them in positions to succeed,
and you think back to the great GM manager combinations.
We're on the one ten right now, heading heading towards
City Hall, and the one ten North is stopped bumper
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to bumper, and the fans have just stopped on their
own and are taking video of the parade buses going
in the opposite direction right now on the one ten freeway.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Yeah, watching you guys Dodger Stadium, and you can hear
the cheers here, David. They're now showing the team on
the buses making your way on the one ten two
City Hall, which you guys will be at in just
a couple of minutes. And then there's hundreds of thousands
of Dodgers fans aligned the streets of LA for that
one point two miles of this parade that will start
after Mayor Bass gives a speech at Dodger Stadium. Hopefully
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the politicians will make a quick TV and the fans
can get to see their favorite Dodger players.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah, no doubt. And going back to my point about
the great GM manager combinations, Tim, you think back to
Brian Cashman and Joe Tory, John Scherholtz and Bobby Cox.
Don't you have to put Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts
in that category. I mean, they're right up there with
Al Campanis and Tommy Lasorda right now.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Put them in that category.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
All right. We're still moving towards the city Hall on
the one ten South the one ten North headed to
Pasadena right now. The traffic is stopped and everybody's honking
their horns. I'm not sure if you could hear that.
In the background, they're honking their horns and taking a
cell phone video of the parade buses headed towards city Hall.
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I'm telling you this city is at a standstill. I
know we had Blake Jolie on earlier. He's right. If
you need to go to the DMB, today would be
the day because nobody is working today. Everybody is in
and around downtown, or they've got the TV's on wherever
they're working. They got the radio on, the iHeartRadio app
on in their offices right now, Tim, it's all brought
(05:55):
to you by Yama Bah.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
You can hear the fans honking at you guys on
the buses as you guys make your way on the
one ten South. Those are all hanks of horns coming
on the one ten North. And what a pleasant surprise.
A lot of those people are getting right now as
they're making their commute or their drive through downtown and
they're seeing double decker after double decker bus make their
way past them.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Oh, we're going underneath and underpass. Everybody down, everybody down,
everybody down. All right, we got underneath one of the
overpasses here, Tim, We're all safe all as well.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
That was something in the King's Parade at twenty twenty
twelve that the flayers had to be alert off because
that low pass of the bridge there and the double
decker buses get pretty close together.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Hey, I just spotted the World Series Trophy. It's on
the second bus with Andrew Freeman and Dave Roberts We're
the bus behind the World Series Trophy with taoscar Hernandez,
Jack Flaherty, Mookie Bed Show Hey Otani Yoshiamamoto. Otani, by
the way, is at the back of the bus, sitting down, cool, calm, collected.
(07:02):
I'm not sure what he's thinking right now, but I'm
looking at him. He's very relaxed back there. He's just
taking videotape, and you got to wonder what's going on
with him as far as his emotions when it comes
to just what he's seeing, because he has never experienced
this ever, He's never even come close to winning the
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World Series, let alone being in the postseason in his
first six years. And he's just sitting back, relaxing and
enjoying whatever he's seeing and whatever we're seeing as far
as the fans go. Can you imagine if you're driving
on the one ten North right now and you look
to your left and you see the Dodgers parade buses,
and you look over and you see showy Otani just
(07:43):
sitting down with his hat backwards, just relaxing. I mean,
come on, only in La, Baby.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Only in La and they're showing fans on top of
the overpasses, climbing the chain link fence, yelling down as
the Dodger.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Buses as they make their way by.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
If you look to your left or right up the
in Bakvin's, David, they're showing fans that have pulled over
on the off ramps and are getting out of their
cars and looking and taking videos and pictures and waving
at the Dodger buses, which looks like you, guys are
now making your way closely into downtown as you exit
the one ten freeway there. I believe it's sixth in
Wiltshire or third Street there in downtown.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Ever, being here, you don't know where we are. All
of that frequent riverside drive.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Is this close to Don Kuco's.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Anybody any chance exactly?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Are you taking the after party to Don Cuco's tonight, Tim.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Dave will be there in full effect. We're gonna close
that place down.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Oh I love it, So you better go there. You
better celebrate there. Yes, I see the fans now that
have gotten off the out of their cars. I see
them now as we are getting on the off ramp
towards City Hall. This is amazing, Tim, This is amazing,
especially in the cell phone age where you know, you
could just get out of your car and take a videotape.
I mean, now I know how OJ felt in the
(08:53):
White Bronco. Now I know how it feels.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
A little bit. You know.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
I got Texas said, it's sort of like you're the
captain of the Jungle Cruise at at Disneyland as they
make their way and describing everything that you're seeing.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
This is very cool, David, that's a great call.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
Does this feel like the Jungle Cruise tail like at Disneyland?
Do I feel like the guy driving the boat? Oh
you will go. You gotta go to Disneyland. Now play
Disneyland passes for tail.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Oh way, beat us.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
They're gonna have a parade for you at Disneyland too
one day.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Come on.
Speaker 4 (09:24):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
Looking at those championship hats, Davids, those are kind of
old school eighty eight looking with the trophy in the
middle and the gold looks like champions across the front
or Dodgers.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
I can't tell what that says, but.
Speaker 3 (09:35):
These are a little bit cooler than the ones from
eighty eight because I remember the eighty eight World Series hat.
It was just the World Series logo with the baseball
diamond and it's just said World Series on it. These
are definitely more stylish than those in eighty eight.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
David, I'm looking next door at the CBS booth. Next door.
Steve Sacks is on the air.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
He was with us earlier and of course hard of
scam and to see him looking out and watching the
TV coverage and certainly watching the Dodger fans here at
Dodger Stadium. A member of the eighty eight team is
in awe right now. What are you seeing a bit
the celebration.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
Yeah, it would be interesting to see if he Oh
my gosh, there's fans in the ivy on the off
rams here in downtown LA. It's pretty cool to see
all these fans that are just trying to get a
glimpse of their favorite players. I'm looking back at the
bus right now. I see Chris Taylor. I see Mookie
Betts with his wife, his kids, his mom. I see
(10:29):
Bobby Miller, I see Tommy Edmond. I see Otani with
his wife. I see Yamamoto at the very back with
Hero as an interpreter. I see who else do I
see on this bus? Obviously ta Oscar Hernandez is right
behind me. Andy Pajes is right behind me. Jack Flaherty
and Tyler Glass now are sitting across from each other
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here as well, So it's a pretty cool bus. And
the bus behind us has Chi k Hernandez has World
Series MVP Freddie Freeman on it as we are exiting Broadway,
and the overpass here is full of Dodger fans. You know,
anytime I see you overpass a full of people when
I'm on the freeway, I get a little nervous, but
(11:11):
very We feel very safe here, Tim. This has been
organized great by the LAPD, who we love, the CHP,
who we love. They've done a great job of keeping
law and order here for this parade.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Law and order every time.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
Dodger's World Series Championship celebration is presented by Yamavah We
of course you're a home of the twenty twenty four
World Series champion LA Dodgers. You're listening to AM five
seventy LA Sports Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. Tim
kates inside Dodger Stadium, which is quickly filling up, watching
the celebration on the Dodger vision boards, and of course
after the parade, it will all come back here for
(11:46):
an on field celebration. David Vasse, the Dodger Insider, is
live on bus number three. Nobody else in southern California
has that. The TV stand ups there's somewhere else, nobody
else has a Dodger reporter on a team bus like
a seventy LA Sports does. And Dave is on bus
number three right now.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
As you guys get closer and closer, DV, I see it.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
You're along the one O one it looks like, or
the one ten, maybe getting closer to city Hall.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
Yeah, we are, We're getting closer. You got a lot
of streets blocked off. Do I see city Hall in
the distance. I do not see city Hall in the
distance from where we're at right now. But what I
do see is guys starting to get up and certainly
move around and starting to feel that celebration vibe. Tim,
that's when you know. That's when you know things are
(12:35):
getting real. Because guys were sitting down on the bus,
they feel a little bit more comfortable and ready to
stand up and feel it. Right now, I see the
bus behind me has Gavin Stone, Anthony Banda, Keiky Hernandez,
Freddie Freeman. Some guys have lit up some cigars, here
the bus, so everybody's feeling it here, Tim, We're about
to make a rite on Spring Street. So City Hall
(12:59):
is just around the corner. And can't wait to see
the crowd of fans that are there. I see a
lot of government workers that have come out in their
suit and ties, and there it is, there is City Hall. Wow,
this is amazing really to have this vantage point, Tim,
as the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers are headed there
(13:20):
right now to be celebrated. They're starting to feel it
as well. Everybody's on their feet on the buses now
to really enjoy all this.
Speaker 1 (13:28):
Yeah, you guys are making a right on the Spring Street.
You're gonna see City Hall there and in a minute, David,
and after that, I'm looking at a wide shot, Curzy
are friends at Sports and at LA an aerial shot
of the area, and you guys are going to get
into a sea of Dodger fans. And for those listening,
have a great time. Be safe out there. The buses
(13:49):
will be towards you shortly as there will be a
few minutes of Mayor Bass congratulating the Dodgers championship run.
And then of course we'll have the parade right here
on FI seventy LA Sports David Veasse on bus number three. David,
I'm watching the players. You're right, they're starting to stand up.
They're starting to get moving around because they know this
(14:09):
place is gonna be going crazy here in just a
few minutes. I see tay Oscar's up. He's excited as well.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Dave. Yeah, tails up, he's ready. He's feeling it now.
He woke up. Now he's feeling good now. As we
get closer to Temple Street here, Teoscar Hernandez and David
Bassey live from the parade route on the bus. This
is the championship bus here. This is a great bus
with a lot of great people. I think that's what
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everybody loves about this team. Tim. Not only are they
great players, but certainly great people. And like I said,
I'll say it again, Miguel Rojas said it perfectly when
he talked about this is not just a team with talent,
it's a team with character and they certainly have showed that.
As we are getting closer to City Hall.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
The buses are moving closer to the start of the parade,
and then they'll head for one point two miles on
the parade route starting at Grand Park in front of
City Hall on Spring Street. They will continue down First
Street March four blocks to South Grand Avenue.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
From there, the parade heads the.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Fifth and Flower by the LA Central Library, and Dave,
I can see it right now, the fans eight nine,
ten people deep. As you guys start to make your
way into that sea of people.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
Oh yeah, we got the fire truck here on our right.
As we get closer to Temple Street, everybody a sea
of blue for these Dodgers. I'm not sure any of
these guys realize how great they are, how much these
fans love them, how much this city bleeds Dodger blue.
We are now at the intersection of Sprinting and Temple As.
(15:54):
The fans are going wild here for their love of
the Dodgers and the love of their World Series Championship teams.
They have been waiting for so many years to be
able to celebrate their team, and they are finally getting it.
This is awesome.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
David Vesse live on bus number three en.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Route to City Hall.
Speaker 3 (16:18):
You still got me, Tim, We got.
Speaker 5 (16:20):
You, Dave.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
It is a sea of Dodger fans around City Hall.
As you guys approach a scene like no other.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Sweeter. Yeah it is. We're now a few hundred feet
away from City Hall as the Dodger Oh man, I
see the park. It is full, Tim, Wow, I told
you have never seen these many fans for a championship p.
Speaker 6 (16:46):
Eight.
Speaker 3 (16:46):
I mean this levels and tops with the two thousand
Lakers enjoyed after their first championship since nineteen eighty eight.
This is, this is overwhelming. I see signs out there.
These fans are just looking for any sort of attachment
to say they were here to celebrate this Dodger team.
Speaker 1 (17:08):
I'm watching Clayton Kershaw look out over the sea of
people from the bus that he is on, just looking
over at the sea of Dodger fans, and the face
that he has right now is a face of amazement,
a face of a man who has put his soul
into this franchise for seventeen years, won a championship, wanted
a parade, and now just looking out about he is amazed.
(17:29):
You can see it in his face, in his eyes,
how amazed he is of the crowd right now there.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Yeah, great point, Tim. He's the guy that has strived
his entire career to win the World Series, and when
he did he did not get a parade, but here
he is finally experiencing what a championship parade for a
world championship Dodger team is like. He cannot be forgotten
in all of this. Kei k a Hernandez is at
(17:56):
the front here. Man, this is amazing. This really is
a amazing And I can't see Kershaw from my vantage point,
but such a great point to be made. Tim how
he never got to experience this. He came back one
more year to have an opportunity at this, and now
he's experiencing it. Even though he wasn't able to pitch
(18:18):
the last two months of the season, he did pitch
and he was part of this team. And here he
is on a championship parade. Flow very happy for him.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
Dave, Your covers will continue from the bus once Mayor
bass is done speaking.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
We gotta take a quick time out. We'll come back.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Tab will be on bus number three when the parade
officially starts where he's in the middle of it right now.
We'll take a quick break here on exclusive parade covers
presented by Yah Bah Bah and we'll come back. We'll
hear for the Mayor and David Vassay as the parade
will get under way right here on an FI seventy
LA Sports years before another Dodgs Tim Kates David Vassay
(18:58):
live here on M five seventy lap Orts. It's the
Dodgers World Series Championship Celebration presented by Yaba Bah exclusively.
You're on Anti seventy LA Sports and live everywhere on
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Speaker 2 (19:08):
The bread is underway. Thanks for listening.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
David vass on Bus number three seven different buses making
their way down First Street as they started on Spring
in front of City Hall. Com Mayor Karen Bass got
it all started with the Let's Go Dodgers chant. The
confetti streams were then streamed out all cross First Street
and here we are now the Dodgers players on double
decker buses, seven of them I count as they make
(19:33):
their way up First Street, just passing Olive Avenue. Are
Olive Street as we make our way towards Grant in
which the caravan of double decker bustles will then head
off to make its way too, of course Dodger Stadium.
Let's go out to David Vassa, Who's day Live with
the Oscar Hernandez.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
Let's go to David Love the last.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Champion, Taoscar Hernandez.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Sorry, all right, I'm.
Speaker 7 (20:04):
Here at Taoscar Hernandez around the paragram, Tara, did you
realize how much this.
Speaker 3 (20:09):
City loves you?
Speaker 6 (20:11):
This is Crasey man. I love this. This is a
dream for me, and I love it.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I honestly love the sooth.
Speaker 6 (20:20):
And thank you for all the support, always been there
and for welcoming into the Little Sandals. It made me
feel part of this family.
Speaker 7 (20:28):
What does it mean to you to have them chant
your name on a championship parade?
Speaker 6 (20:34):
It means the war. This is everything for me. This
is why I play, and this is the last thing
that I wanted in my career. And here we are
celebrating with the fast and this is law right here.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
You believed in yourself when you sign with the Dodgers.
Do you feel like the game rewarded you?
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (20:54):
I think I got a little more than I was expected.
Speaker 6 (20:58):
But it's been a year and I'm hoping to be
part of this.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Hopefully we can run it back next year.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
Yeah, hopefully enjoy the parade. We love you, Thank you,
we too.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
All right, there is Tay Oscar Hernandez with David Vassi
on bus number three as the Dodger caravan continues here
to Dodger Stadium. As it makes its way through the
streets of downtown LA. Are coverage presented by Budweiser. This
buds for you Bank of America, the official bank of
the LA Dodgers. The Dodger double decker buses making their
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way up First Street and now they are making the turn,
the left handed turn on too Grand Avenue. So we're
about a third of the way through this parade through
the streets of downtown LA and the crowd is enormous.
It is absolutely amazing to see the love and support
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from Dodger fans for this team. A parade that we
waited for for years, thirty six years since the nineteen
eighty eight parade, and here they are in twenty twenty four,
able to celebrate a World Series championship. More confetti being
sprayed as the Dodgers make their way through downtown Los Angeles.
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Just when you think they make the turn on the ground,
we got Dodger fans hanging from the street lights on
Grand Avenue. We got Dodger fans waving flags, hanging from
the street lights at First and Grand as it makes
its turn down to Grand Avenue. The seventh World Series
title in the city of Los Angeles, the eighth in
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franchise history. As the celebration continues here on a five
to seventy LA Sports, the turn being made, they just
see of Dodger fans making their way along the parade route,
many camped out since five four o'clock this morning. We
heard from Blake Trolley earlier, Corbyn Parson from KFI News
(23:02):
along the parade route telling us about the fans, talking
to the fans who have been waiting for this moment,
and it's certainly fitting that today be in November first,
Fernando Valenzwala's birthday, the Dodgers are able to celebrate a
World Series championship, and doing so in grand style here
(23:24):
on five seventy LA Sports Again, Tim Kates live inside
Dodger Stadium where it is starting to get near capacity. Dignitaries,
family members hanging out on the field where the celebration
will continue on the field with a ceremony just past
second base in shallow center field, a circular stage is
set up. They are starting to get seated in their
(23:47):
positions with chairs surrounding the stage, and certainly Dodger fans
here watching the celebration on the Dodger vision boards as
the parade makes its way through downtown LA in a
sea of humanitys ten fifteen in some spots on Grand Avenue,
twenty people deep, and the blue and white confetti streaming
(24:10):
right now across Grand Avenue as the fans wave hopefully
for a collampse just for a second of eye to
eye contact, waiting for just somebody to wave back to
them aboard those double decker buses, as the Dodger fans,
a lot of them in awe right now, pointing celebrating
(24:30):
this championship team and what they were able to accomplish,
and it's.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
Gotta be well worth it.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
The grind from Soeul, South Korea in March, to the
ups and downs of one hundred and sixty two game season,
to the playoffs being down two games to one of
the Padres, the NLCS being the Mets in six games,
and then going to New York and winning a championship
on the field the Yankee Stadium. The exhaustion that you
saw from a lot of these players this morning was
(24:57):
that of a sigh of this is it the culmination
of a long season? Finally, But as soon as they
made that turning, you heard it right here with David Vasse.
As soon as they made that turn on to Spring
Street and they saw for the first time the wall
and sea of fans standing by with TV. All right,
(25:17):
it was amazing to see that. Let's go back out
to David Vassy standing by, standing by with Jack Flernity,
the bride of the eight to one age, David Vassy
standing by with the Game five starter, big part of
this Dodger team. In September and October, Jack Flerity back home.
You've heard about him, being from the valley from Burbank,
(25:39):
winning a championship, a CIF title, now a World.
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Series title, celebrating all of you.
Speaker 4 (25:44):
This is on believable life. Seeing Freddy Pickers everywhere, Freddy
the fricke man. I love that dude. I would give him.
How give a kiss right now? Like Hayes, the city
showing out. It's unbelievable.
Speaker 7 (26:01):
Did you realize how much you guys meant to this city?
Speaker 3 (26:05):
No?
Speaker 2 (26:06):
I did not, not until right now.
Speaker 7 (26:09):
People fucking lighting up on the freaking buildings and everything
It's unbelievable. Rep the cause, it's oh my god. Well
you've seen Linker parades. This has doubled that size.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
This is unbelievable. I love this city.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
I never want to leave. Let's run it back.
Speaker 4 (26:28):
I never want to leave Jack clarity.
Speaker 7 (26:31):
Hometown, Ken making hometown dreams come true.
Speaker 4 (26:35):
Celebrate the believe.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
Thank you to you Jack Clarity there with David Vassay
from the eight one eights, and to hear him in
his excitement and to hear him talk about what this
means to him, and to see his face right now
and to hear it in his voice what this means
to him, having a championship in his hometown. He may
have talked about it, he may have thought about it,
(26:57):
he may have dreamt about it, but this has got
to be above any of those expectations, as far as
winning a World Series championship and doing so as a
member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tim Kates, David Vasse,
we are live here on m five seventy LA Sports.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
The parade continues.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
The celebratory parade will end at Fifth and Flower, and
then we'll come to Dodger Stadium for an on field
celebration with a sold out Dodger Stadium that is starting
to fill up.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
The excitement is off the charts.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
The buzz in this city continues even after the clinching
of the championship on Wednesday night in Yankee Stadium in
the Bronx.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
We'll come back.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
We'll hear from more Dodger players, David Vase, Kirsten Watson
on the buses, all on the parade route. We'll get
to them when we come back. The parade continues. The
celebration continues right here on an FI seventy LA Sports
Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app here right here.
Speaker 8 (27:57):
This is amazing.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
World Series Championship celebration here on a five seventy LA
Sports continues presented by Yamava as we are live at
Dodgers Stadium, and the celebration will continue here as the
parade continues along the streets of Los Angeles. Our coverage
also presented by Budweiser at this bunch for you Bank
of America, the official bank of the LA Dodgers, and
your cult, the probiotic drink of the Dodgers. All right,
(28:25):
let's head back out to the parade. David Vase Kirson
Watson are on the team buses giving you exclusive coverage
with the players. Shirts are coming off, beers are flowing.
Let's head back out. Kirson Watson standing by with Gavin Lutz.
Speaker 7 (28:39):
Angeles to this Dodgers organization.
Speaker 5 (28:43):
Kevin to be up here, that's a rat. But at
the media, Oh.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
This is awesome.
Speaker 9 (28:47):
Uh, this is these are the best fans.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
In baseball right here.
Speaker 9 (28:51):
I think they said two million people are coming out
and this is unbelievable right here on Yeah, just seeing how.
Speaker 10 (28:56):
Many people love us and we love them.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
This is this is these best fans in baseball.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
Is everything you imagine it, Mar, this is more.
Speaker 4 (29:03):
This is better than I thought it was going to be.
Speaker 10 (29:05):
Right here.
Speaker 4 (29:05):
This is amazing.
Speaker 5 (29:06):
Can you believe that you're a World Series Sambi.
Speaker 9 (29:08):
No, that's what you drew about your whole life if
you play baseball, and this is special.
Speaker 5 (29:13):
Right here, enjoint Gavin.
Speaker 2 (29:15):
All right, there's Gavin Lux with Kirston Watson. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Kirsten. Kirson is on one of the buses. David Bassey
is on one of the buses as the buses now
make a right handed turn. They started at City Hall
on Spring Street. They made a right on to First,
They've made a left onto Grand, and now they have
concluded that four blocks along Grand and a absolute sea
of Dodger fans that are making the turn with them,
(29:38):
a right handed turn going from Grand Avenue to Fifth Street,
and then the parade will come to a conclusion at
Fifth and Flower in front of La Central Library. Unbelievable,
the see of humanity that is out there right now,
the Dodger fans representing Gavin Lucks.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
Two million people. Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
I would not doubt the fact that they have two
million people out for this parade here in downtown Los
Angeles as we celebrate this twenty twenty four Dodgers World
Series title that will come back here for an on
field celebration that will get underway maybe in about a
half an hour or so, but the players are gonna
have to disembark and come down to Dodger Stadium for
(30:23):
the ceremony, which again is gonna be a capacity crowd
here and is already close to that as Dodger fans
enjoyed the parade.
Speaker 2 (30:30):
On the Dodger vision Board, it looks.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
Like Kirsten Watson getting ready to stand by with Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 2 (30:35):
When he does, we will go to that. So let's go.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Kirsten Watson, I see her ready to go. Let's send
it out to her in the bus. Clayton Kershaw standing
by with Kirsten.
Speaker 5 (30:43):
You're partly getting a sprain. How incredible it is.
Speaker 10 (30:46):
It's the best thing under the partners. I've never seen
so many people in my.
Speaker 4 (30:50):
Life, and they're all Dodger.
Speaker 10 (30:52):
Fans and they all love it as much as we
do here.
Speaker 5 (30:54):
It's unbelievable. When you think about Los Angeles Baseball, I
think everything is in David Last right here, Dodgers Facebook.
Speaker 10 (31:02):
I don't even know what you're asked, but I'm so excited.
Speaker 5 (31:04):
Right now when you see all these fans here, get
pity me. I've lost Angeles Dodgers Facebook time.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
That's incredible.
Speaker 10 (31:10):
I've never never did you experience anything like this and
it makes everything worth this may matter of it.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
You're a two times world champion? What did that mean?
Speaker 4 (31:19):
You're two time?
Speaker 5 (31:22):
Thank you?
Speaker 10 (31:23):
Thank you?
Speaker 1 (31:25):
All right, there's Karson Watson with Clayton Kershaw. It is
deafening out there on the on the parade route right
now along Grand Avenue as they make their way towards
the end of this parade that started about twenty minutes
to go in front of City Hall and is now
zigzag through downtown LA.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
It is an absolute sea of.
Speaker 1 (31:45):
Dodger fans along the parade route all the way along
when it started and now to when it's going to
come to a conclusion. Of course, we have it for
you right here on AFI seven e LA Sports. You're
a home of the Dodgers. You're a home of the
world the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, and our
coverage of this championship celebration is presented by Yamava the Again,
(32:07):
the parade will come to a conclusion and then the
Dodger buses will make their way back to Dodger Stadium
for the on field celebration. Here at the ravine, and
you've seen members of ownership, the media is starting to
make their way down to behind second base. There is
a circular blue stage there for the Dodger players and
coaches to all speak at. We got some led screen setup.
(32:27):
We certainly got a blue carpet that has been put
out from center field all the way to around second
base for the start of this on field celebration when
they finally do get back here to Dodger Stadium. It
is truly a scene here at Dodger Stadium and on
this parade route with it has got to be it's
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got to be close to two million people watching this
parade along the streets of Los Angeles, which again started
in front of City Hall, went to First Street, Grand Avenue,
and now they are making their way on Fifth Street
in down town Los Angeles. It looks like Tyler Glass
now could be joining David Vasse here in just a minute.
And as soon as we get that, we will go
(33:08):
out to DV with Tyler Glass. Now, of course, the
pride of Heart High School and coming over into the
Dodgers in the off season in a trade signs and
contract extension has meant so much to this, to this
Dodger team. Let's go out to David Vasse and Tyler Glass.
Speaker 7 (33:22):
Now, Tyler, you grew up a Dodger finn, You're part
of a World Series champion. Now, first team to experience
this since nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 4 (33:31):
This is I had no idea it was gonna be
like this. I didn't even know this many people existent.
This is unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (33:36):
Like it seems like the entire city of La came
out today.
Speaker 4 (33:39):
It's phenomenal.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
A lot of you guys are so locked in.
Speaker 7 (33:43):
Did you realize how much the city and how much
you mean to the city.
Speaker 3 (33:47):
It's incredible.
Speaker 4 (33:48):
Yeah, Like, I think the support for every single player
on this team is unbelievable. It's transcends baseball. It's bigger
than baseball.
Speaker 2 (33:54):
Just to be a part of it, all right, thank you, David.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
Yeah, it is a sea of humanity as the Dodger
fans are celebrating, and there's Tyler Glass now even more
than he expected.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Whoa.
Speaker 1 (34:04):
The shirts are coming off for the Dodger players as
they are enjoying themselves in Dodger World Series gear.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Shirts which have.
Speaker 1 (34:13):
Come off, hats which have been turned backwards, the Budweisers.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
This Bud's for you.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
They are flowing on those caravan of buses making their
way along Fifth Avenue here in downtown Los Angeles. Fifth
and Flower is where this parade will come to it
in and again. It is a tremendous day here in
southern California, the celebration for Dodger fans and Dodger players
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finally being able to come together and not be able
to celebrate in twenty twenty, but to do so here
in twenty twenty four. You heard the build up, You
heard the talk from the players. Dave Roberts talked about
it almost every day at the podium pre and postgame
when talking to the media about the importance of winning
a World Series. So they can share with you the
(35:01):
Dodger fans here in southern California. It is an unbelievable
scene here in downtown LA for Dodger fans, Dodger players,
coaches to celebrate together. The players on double decker buses
in downtown Los Angeles waving. Walker Bueller is hanging over
his bus waving.
Speaker 2 (35:21):
At Dodger fans.
Speaker 1 (35:23):
I see Andy Pajez, Keik Hernandez both shirtless, Anthony Bonda shirtless.
Dodger players enjoining themselves waving to Dodger fans up and
down this parade route which started at City Hall and
now is winding down at Fifth and Flower. Our own
(35:44):
David Vase on the bus, Kirston Watson on the bus.
See Tony Gonsolin sitting on the back of one of
the buses along with Alex Vesia, who's holding up a
Dodgers championship bells. How about the Dodgers' bullpen, this group
that came together as one, the dogs as they called themselves,
wearing the mask for mister Cartoon, being the group together
(36:05):
that's selfless and said, we don't care what our role is.
We're an opener or the closer or the mid relief guy,
where the bulkanny guy doesn't matter. We are one together
as a bullpen. Taoscar Hernandez standing on the bus. We
just heard from him and David vassa Dave's on bus
number three, Walker Bueller. There's Tommy Edmund holding his young child,
(36:27):
waving at Dodger fans along Fifth Street.
Speaker 2 (36:30):
Let's head back out now to David Vass.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
Looks like he's about to stand by, hopefully with Tommy edmundus.
It is a chaotic scene out there, but in a
good way. As the celebration continues with the Dodger players.
Speaker 4 (36:43):
Asking for live.
Speaker 2 (36:46):
Let's go back out to David Vasse.
Speaker 1 (36:48):
If we get oh, it's like Dave's not ready, but
we will check in with David Vass standing by with
Tommy Edmond again. Is that the breat hat slowed down
a little bit here as they're trying to navigate their
way out of this parade route. Hey, get back to
Dodgers Stadium. Let's go back out, David Batsay, Tommy edmittt
go ahead, David.
Speaker 7 (37:05):
These pictures inside the Dodgers club House. Well, we just
heard from the World Series mvpay. How about the National
League Championship Series MVP?
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Dad, Tommy edmon Is with David Vesse, take it away, dB.
Speaker 7 (37:18):
I'm here at NLCS MVP and his teammates keep calling
him b MVP.
Speaker 5 (37:23):
You get you on.
Speaker 3 (37:23):
Eli's here too, broadcaster.
Speaker 4 (37:27):
Do you have any questions for your dad?
Speaker 2 (37:28):
Eli? What do you got?
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Addy?
Speaker 2 (37:30):
Are you gonna say? How much fun you having today?
We're having a blast. Thanks for asking, Eli. I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (37:36):
Tommy, Is this succeeded your expectations?
Speaker 4 (37:39):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (37:39):
This is amazing.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
I mean this, this has gotta be way more than
two million people. That's what they said at the beginning.
But it feels like the whole city of la is
out here to support us today.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
It's been amazing.
Speaker 7 (37:47):
Did you realize how much this city loves this team?
Speaker 8 (37:53):
You know, I had a good idea, but I feel
like I didn't fully comprehend it until until today, you know,
just seeing everybody out here, it's been amazing, really really
special feeling.
Speaker 7 (38:02):
How much do you love being on this team with
these group of guys.
Speaker 8 (38:05):
Yeah, there's nothing better, nothing better in the world. This
is these group of guys, best best, the best team.
Speaker 4 (38:11):
I've been a part of.
Speaker 8 (38:12):
You know, welcome me with open arms right away when
I got here, just like Eli's welcoming to this microphone
right now. But yeah, Betty yah, it's it's been amazing.
I've loved every moment of it.
Speaker 7 (38:22):
Congratulations Tommy, you deserve all of this. You've been such
a big part of this team ever since you joined it.
And man, you are a world champion, World champs.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
Baby, thank you. I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (38:33):
You and Eli.
Speaker 8 (38:34):
Let's go you all right, your fancy line.
Speaker 4 (38:41):
Thanks Tommy, thank you.
Speaker 1 (38:42):
All right, there's David Vassa and Tommy Edmund. Nowhere else
are you getting this, folks? David Vassay on bus number
three talking to taoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edmund. We heard from
Clayton Kershaw, We heard from Jack Flaherty, Tyler Klass. Now
every Dodger soaking it in right now, as are the fans.
Two million fans expected in the streets of LA and
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at Dodger Stadium for the first World Series celebration in
Dodger history since.
Speaker 2 (39:09):
Nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
Let's head back out to the parade route. Looks like
Kirston Watson. Yep, she's ready to go, standing by with
the MVP of the World Series, Freddie Freeman.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Here's to take it away, Freddy?
Speaker 5 (39:23):
How amazing is just right? All these fans for you guys?
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Yeah, this is incredible. LA really showed out today.
Speaker 5 (39:29):
Can you believe just not about thirty six hours ago
you became a two time world terrace champion. Now you're
celebrating this moment.
Speaker 2 (39:36):
I know it's hard to believe.
Speaker 8 (39:37):
Really, I'll be sunk in yet, but I think this
is made up for twenty twenty two. These fans are
going crazy and this is fun to be a part of.
Speaker 5 (39:44):
When you think about celebrating something with all these guys,
what does it mean to you?
Speaker 2 (39:47):
And how special is this scrump? Yeah, it means a lot.
Speaker 10 (39:50):
This is all for the fans.
Speaker 8 (39:51):
Though, because you know, on those Tuesdays in June there's
still fifty three thousand people at Dodger Stadium, and that's
what it's all about and they came out and support
us and these great book guys.
Speaker 4 (40:01):
This is this is this is special.
Speaker 5 (40:03):
This is a long year for so many reasons. To
be here and celebrate with your family these guys.
Speaker 2 (40:08):
Can you believe it?
Speaker 8 (40:09):
It's hard to even putting the words. Max is over
here having blast, Charlie's throwing things right here. It's been
a long year. But everybody's healthy on our bus and
this makes everything so much better.
Speaker 5 (40:22):
Enjoy all of these moments. I know Southern California can't
get into us in LA.
Speaker 2 (40:26):
It's got to be special.
Speaker 10 (40:27):
I know.
Speaker 8 (40:27):
This is amazing to meeting from Telling California.
Speaker 10 (40:29):
I'm seeing a brain like this.
Speaker 2 (40:31):
This is even better congratulation.
Speaker 5 (40:33):
It's fready.
Speaker 2 (40:33):
Thank you your job all right, they're scarce than Thank
you very much.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Freddie Freeman on one of the buses there on the
parade route, which has now come to a stop as
they try to clear a path for the Dodger caravan
of double decker buses to get through. They have started
and ended their parade now in Fifth and Flower, and
the Dodgers players are on the buses. We just heard
(40:58):
from Freddie Freeman as they await in escort to get.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
Through the sea of Dodger fans.
Speaker 1 (41:04):
Walker Bueller's David Vatas told us and broke the news
earlier that he is wearing Oral Hersheiser's nineteen eighty eight
World Series gray jersey. As he makes his way through
the parade road, he was doing beer bongs. The players
are celebrated, and rightfully so. It's a day of celebration
(41:24):
here in southern California. And for somebody who was born
and raised here in LA, who grew up a Dodger fan,
who grew up watching the Laker parades in the eighties,
who then was a part of covering the Laker parades
in the early in mid ten two thousands, to see
the crowds they had there, tremendous, unbelievable. I remember two
thousand and that pre LA Live parking lot that they
(41:47):
had built across from Staples Center still in the works,
and the just see a people that were there watching
Shaquille O'Neil and Kobe Bryant celebrate the first NBA championship
since nineteen eighty eight. It was twelve years since then,
and then they win a championship and now here in
twenty twenty four to see the magnitude of this Dodger celebration.
(42:12):
It is more than I ever thought, more than I
ever remember for the Lakers Championships twenty twenty four. It's
a whole new level for this Dodger franchise and for
Dodger fans to be able to finally celebrate together a
World Series title. It's our World Series Celebration coverage here
presented by Yamava on your home of the Dodgers, am
(42:35):
FI seventy LA Sports as we are also on the
iHeartRadio app. We'll take a quick time out, we'll come
back and we'll get ready for the on field celebration.
As the Dodger caravan of buses now makes its way
back to Dodger Stadium, they have to get off the
buses and then they'll make their way in to Dodger
Stadium on a blue carpet that has been rolled out
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for royalty here at Dodger Stadium. Him as the champions
are coming home to Dodger Stadium to celebrate with you.
The on field celebration and so much more is coming
up right here on am FI seventy LA Sports Live
everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
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