LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Dodgers held a victory parade in downtown Los Angeles on Friday.
Downtown L.A. was transformed into a giant Dodger street party for the parade, with thousands of fans lining the streets as early as 4 a.m. to get a good spot.
After the parade ended, the players headed to Dodger Stadium for a rally, where the atmosphere was electrifying.
World Series MVP Freddie Freeman was emotional as the crowd chanted "Freddie! Freddie!"
"When I came back after my son got sick, you guys showed out for my family. That was one of the greatest experiences I ever had on the field. I was so touched. I did everything I could to get on this field for you guys. I'm glad I did because we got a championship now."
Los Angeles native and entertainment mogul Ice Cube kicked off the World Series rally at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
Halfway through his performance, Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts joined the rapper on the field and danced along.
Tens of thousands of fans packed Dodger Stadium on Friday as they waited for the World Series Champs to enter the field.
The rally is taking place after the parade through downtown Los Angeles.
The Dodgers wrapped up the parade by noon Friday and headed to Dodger Stadium for a rally.
Fans could be seen on overpasses as the buses drove down the 101 Freeway.
Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar Shohei Ohtani brought his dog Decoy along to the World Series championship parade on Friday.
Decoy has become a fixture of Dodgers - and dog - fandom. The pup was on Ohtani's lap when he learned he was the first Major League Baseball player ever to be unanimously selected twice as Most Valuable Player, which he achieved while with the Los Angeles Angels.
Decoy also featured in Ohtani's post-victory Instagram post, with photos of the dog being taken for a walk amid autumnal foliage and looking groggy in bed just after images of the Dodgers' champagne celebration.
After Ohtani went on to sign a record $700 million, 10-year deal with the Dodgers, some of the first questions that reporters had for him were about the dog. At a news conference, the Japanese-born Ohtani revealed his pet's name - in Japanese, Dekopin, but he suggested that Decoy would be easier for Americans to pronounce.
It's also a fitting name for a member of this Dutch duck-hunting breed. Indeed, the English word "decoy" is thought to come from the Dutch term "de kooi," which means "the cage."
The Nederlandse kooikerhondje (pronounced NAY'-dehr-lahn-seh KOY'-kehr-hahnd-jeh) was initially trained to get ducks' attention and then lure them into net-covered canals for hunters to catch. Take a look at many a Dutch Old Master painting, and if you spot a smallish, brown and white, spaniel-like dog with long ears, you've probably seen an ancestor of today's kooikerhondje.
Owners say the breed is lively and clever.
Clever enough to, for instance, carry out the ceremonial first pitch in front of nearly 54,000 people, as Decoy did at a Dodgers-Orioles game in August.
Decoy's portrait might not be hanging on a museum wall, but he's been immortalized in an Ohtani bobblehead. The pooch also got a special, supersized "visa" during a visit to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo last winter.
