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The parade that never was: The lament of the 2020 champion Dodgers

On the Thursday after the All-Star game, the Greyhound Bar in Highland Park was throwing a party. The pandemic had deprived Los Angeles of the communal joy of celebrating the 2020 World Series championship, so the bar advertised a watch party to watch the clinching game: "Hug. Scream. Cry. Pound champagne. Count the outs. This time, as a family."

On the day before the All-Star game, I asked Justin Turner what he thought about that.

"That's pretty cool," he said. "That's a great idea."

That was not the particular celebration Turner had in mind, though.

"We're still holding out hope that

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