Dodgers get glittering World Series rings in pregame ceremony - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani and Clayton Kershaw joined their Los Angeles Dodgers teammates in sticking their fists out to show off their glittering World Series rings in a ceremony Friday night.

«There's just a lot of excitement, probably more than I can ever recall with the Dodger fan base and our players,» manager Dave Roberts said before Los Angeles hosted the Detroit Tigers.

A choir in the left field pavilion sang «We Are the Champions» to open the ceremony hosted by actor Anthony Anderson.

«Nobody was like us last year and I have a feeling that nobody will be like us this year,» said Anderson, a Dodgers fan.

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Ohtani, World Series MVP Freddie Freeman and Roberts received some of the loudest cheers walking a blue carpet to a circular stage between home plate and the mound.

Ohtani waved to the fans. When it was Freeman's turn, they chanted «Freddie! Freddie!»

The stars were greeted with hugs from owner Mark Walter, president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, president and CEO Stan Kasten and general manager Brandon Gomes, who presented the coaching staff and players with blue boxes.

An injured Kershaw didn't pitch in the postseason last year, which culminated in the Dodgers' five-game victory over the rival New York Yankees in the World Series. Ohtani's Japanese countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto and catcher Austin Barnes were busy warming up in the bullpen and had a clubhouse manager accept their rings.

The Dodgers unveiled their World Series championship flag in center field and a championship emblem on the right-field suite level before a 5-4 win over the Tigers in Thursday's home opener.

«This is the final piece,» Roberts said. «Just to kind of have the fans here to