The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions for the first time since 1988, and ending the franchise drought has been celebrated far and wide.
Fans naturally packed the streets in and around L.A., and retired broadcaster Vin Scully congratulated the team on their win. Scully expected that would be the case — predicting prior to the Fall Classic that the Dodgers would defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games.
Former team owner Peter O’Malley has also recognized the Dodgers’ accomplishment, doing so by placing a message in Sunday’s commemorative issue of the L.