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Dodger fans swarm players’ vehicles outside the stadium after the World Series champions return to LA
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Dodger fans swarm players’ vehicles outside the stadium after the World Series champions return to LA

ELYSIAN PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — After the world champion Dodgers returned victorious from New York on Thursday morning, several Boys in Blue were heckled by rowdy fans outside Dodger Stadium as the players pulled out of the parking lot.

Dozens of fans gathered outside the stadium at Elysian Park and jumped as individual players’ vehicles drove by.

Among the players heckled was pitcher Anthony Banda, who rolled down the passenger-side window and greeted well-wishers.

When asked by ABC7 how he felt about the Dodgers’ win over the Yankees, he used an expletive and said “great” with a smile.

One of the fans, who gave her name only as Amber, said she felt “great. It’s a great feeling. I remember 2020, we didn’t have our parade and now we get it. And also the Dodgers had a lot to to prove because everyone kept saying the 2020 World Series wasn’t a real World Series. Well, now we have it.”

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After using three miscues to erase a five-run deficit in the fifth inning during one of the most memorable midgame meltdowns in baseball history, the Dodgers used sacrifice flies in the eighth inning by Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts to beat New York 7-6. on Wednesday evening.

“In spring training we said we were going to do this and we did it,” Betts exclaimed, champagne stinging his eyes.

The scene outside Dodgers Stadium on Thursday was certainly more peaceful than some of the isolated incidents that occurred in LA the night before

A rowdy crowd took to the streets after the Dodgers’ victory, setting fire to a city bus, breaking into stores and setting off fireworks. Police reported a dozen arrests, but officials emphasized that most fans celebrated peacefully.

Video showed revelers throwing objects at police in downtown LA as sirens blared and officers told them to leave the area.

Violence and looting broke out in several locations in Los Angeles after the Dodgers’ World Series victory.

Another video showed someone standing on top of a bus waving a Dodgers banner and people running from a boarded-up Nike store with armfuls of sneakers before throwing the merchandise into cars parked outside. No injuries have been reported.

Despite some unrest, “the vast majority of festivities last night were joyful and peaceful,” Mayor Karen Bass said at a news conference Thursday, where she discussed the logistics of Friday’s planned victory parade.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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