The fireworks exploded the moment Walker Buehler struck out Alex Verdugo to win the Series. Inside Paradise, “I Love L.A.” blasted as everyone hugged and ordered more cubetas (buckets of beer).
They celebrated in Highland Park and the San Fernando Valley, across Sunset Boulevard and at Chavez Ravine and anywhere Dodgers fans exist on this big blue marble called Earth. But really, the only place to be the night the Blue Crew won their eighth World Series was East Los Angeles. As the team marched through the Fall Classic against the hated New York Yankees, I wanted to see fans go crazy in the Mexican American heart of the Southland.
A group of CHP officers looked down at a smartphone streaming the game, and waited. The fireworks exploded the moment Walker Buehler struck out Alex Verdugo to win the Series. Inside Paradise, “I Love L.A.” blasted as everyone hugged and ordered more cubetas . I grabbed my dad and walked up Atlantic toward Whittier. The pachanga was on. People poured out of businesses and homes, hugging and high-fiving friends and strangers.
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