The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Tuesday night. With the victory, LA secured its first title since 1988.
Immediately after Game 6, Dodgers fans took to the streets of Los Angeles to celebrate the occasion. The scenes from the festivities were absolutely wild.
Whittier Blvd. East L.A. #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/ZsHZAMReKd
— East L.A. News (@EASTLA_NEWS) October 28, 2020
Dodger fans were lighting off fireworks in the middle of the street so LASD deputies in riot gear on big trucks drove through the street. People are back off the sidewalk and on the street again. @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/sBWp3ALzD2
— Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) October 28, 2020
LAPD in riot gear have cleared the intersection of Vin Scully and Sunset. “The only people we want to see in blue are the dodgers,” one woman steamed. pic.twitter.com/iAae1HO9bg
— Benjamin Oreskes🦅 (@boreskes) October 28, 2020
Meanwhile in LA… pic.twitter.com/a6BZfbiPB8
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 28, 2020
Get in bitch we are champions #LADodgers pic.twitter.com/vITyoydEjm
— Moreno (@jasunthegod) October 28, 2020
Cars trying to get into Whittier Blvd #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/NuG81tAVco
— East L.A. News (@EASTLA_NEWS) October 28, 2020
Fans weren’t shy about how they looked. https://t.co/VEgkGVevr3
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 27, 2020
The Echo Park you rarely see represented on TV holding it down like only the hood can.
Video by @StreetWise_LA pic.twitter.com/B1bKINhiv4
— L.A. TACO 🌴🌮 (@LATACO) October 28, 2020
Going crazy in downtown LA! Fans cheering, doing donuts setting off fireworks over #DodgersWin @KNX1070 pic.twitter.com/Fw24N7RFp4
— Emily Valdez KNX 1070 (@EmilyValdezKNX) October 28, 2020
A lil bay energy on LA streets rn #Dodgers pic.twitter.com/DfgMgT3n7m
— bello (@dotunbello1) October 28, 2020
#BREAKING: Fans have taken to the streets throughout LA to celebrate the @Dodgers win over Tampa Bay. @RoadSageLA is overhead in #Sky9. pic.twitter.com/PUX8zoH6gK
— Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersTV) October 28, 2020
Yikes Dwight Howard. https://t.co/OZwkISeu2z
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 27, 2020
🎶 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 🎶
Dodgers fans are savoring every moment of their first #WorldSeries title in 32 years 🏆 pic.twitter.com/QpO4fXZcjg
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 28, 2020
Congratulations to The #LADodgers !!! After 32 years, it’s our time 💥👊 pic.twitter.com/J6JAyjXV7G
— Peter Tomlinson (@PeterTRealtorLA) October 28, 2020
CELEBRATING IN THE STREETS #LA #DODGERS @Dodgers
WORLD SERIES CHAMPS 2020!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/BhDuV5OKlI— ❁šįštėr änåbęł❁ (@aannaabbeell_xx) October 28, 2020
Peaceful celebration. LA is going nuts! pic.twitter.com/EOP23YHnex
— Jong ⚖ 🇵🇭 🆙️ 🐺 (@attyjong) October 28, 2020
Yikes. https://t.co/vWf8xvjpdG
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 26, 2020
I guess we won #dodgers pic.twitter.com/eTuRzZTb5B
— christina heller (@CHellerTVNews) October 28, 2020
Celebrations in #LA over #LADodgers win #WorldSeries2020 #Game6 #WorldSeries #Dodgers #DodgersNation pic.twitter.com/dFk3SyPpot
— 🌶 Spicy Dorito🧨💥 (@dorelieart) October 28, 2020
The Dodgers’ win comes just weeks after the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Championship. Much in the way Dodgers fans took to the streets, Lakers fans did the same.
This past week, Los Angeles officials came out and suggested that celebrations from the Lakers’ championship contributed to an uptick in the city’s COVID-19 cases.
Antonio Brown doesn’t mess around. https://t.co/6kepeWGtBV
— Game 7 (@game7__) October 25, 2020
“It is highly likely that gatherings to watch and/or celebrate the Lakers, along with any other gatherings that occurred 2-3 weeks ago where people weren’t wearing face coverings and were in close contact with each other, contributed to the rise in LA County cases,” the L.A. County Department of Public Health said in a statement.
It appears that information has fallen on deaf ears, though – as fans are still out and about celebrating the Dodgers’ big win.
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A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
