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The Dodgers celebrated back-to-back World Series titles with a downtown parade as fans reveled in championship players who are known by first name to them.

The team’s core players are aging — Freeman 37, Betts 34, Ohtani 32 — forcing tough decisions between sentiment and practical concerns.

The Dodgers must re-sign key free agents including Freeman and Rojas while managing the reality that their championship nucleus is getting older.

The Dodgers walked into a packed home stadium when their World Series parade was over, waving to an adoring crowd that viewed them as more than back-to-back champions.

They were beloved Angelenos.

Many of the players are on a first-name basis

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