The Dodgers returned to California on Monday, and celebrated their second consecutive World Series victory in front of thousands of fans. The parade took place downtown Los Angeles with the players riding in double-decker open-top buses. Dodgers stars paraded in front of fans their second consecutive World Series title on Monday. Kike Hernandez and others took an open-top double-decker bus around downtown LA. Los Angeles retained their championship after a thrilling Game 7 battle against Toronto. Tickets were sold out in an hour. The fans began lining up the streets before the Dodgers parade to get the best view. Many of them were waving Dodgers banners and waving their Dodgers flags. Some mocked Toronto for their failure on Saturday night.’The Jays were wingless, but the Dodgers are ringless!’ The sign read: ‘The Dodgers have rings, but the Jays have wings!’ Shohei Ohtani joined his teammates for their victory tour of the city on Monday afternoon NBA legend and part-owner of the Dodgers Magic Johnson was involved in the celebrations Thousands of Dodgers fans lined the streets to celebrate their victory over the Blue Jays Some are even scaling traffic lights as they look to grab the best view of the parade on Monday They are in party mode after watching the team clinch back-to-back titles at the weekend The parade got underway in downtown LA from around 11am local time on Monday Freddie Freeman’s wife Chelsea was also spotted enjoying the parade on Monday afternoon Dave Roberts has become only the fifth manager in MLB history to win consecutive titlesWith the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, and the score locked at 4-4, the Blue Jays needed just one run to topple the Dodgers and land their first championship since 1993 in front of their own fans at the Rogers Centre. To the dismay of the Toronto crowd, Andy Page’s crazy catch, which knocked out Kike Hernandez, forced Game 7 into extra innings. Toronto had a chance in Game 6, but Addison Barger’s gaffe sent the series to a final Fox’s coverage of the Dodgers comeback in game 7 was huge. Based on preliminary viewing data, Fox estimated that 25.98m viewers tuned in across all Fox platforms. The Dodgers traveled around downtown LA for 45 minutes before heading back to the stadium Players departed Dodger Stadium at 10:45am and drove past their adoring fans with the trophy Some of the signs on display teased the Blue Jays, who missed out on a first title for 32 years Other fans held up huge images of their favorite players’ heads on sticks at the parade One supporter held up a sign that he dedicated to World Series MVP Yoshinobu YamamotoThat figure crowns the Dodgers-Blue Jays series finale as the most-watched World Series game since the Houston Astros’ Game 7 victory over Los Angeles in 2017.Even as the game extended into the late hours on the East Coast – thanks to Rojas’ game-tying solo home run in the ninth – baseball fans remained glued to their screens. The game had a peak audience of 31.5 millions between 11:30pm and 11:45pm. Despite the Dodgers-Yankees matchup also being a major draw for baseball fans, this year’s beat it by 40 percent in viewership.Saturday’s clash also beat out the last World Series Game 7 – the 2019 game between the Washington Nationals and the Astros – by 10 percent.
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Thousands of fans line the streets of LA as Dodgers prepare for World Series trophy parade
