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'You didn't get the icing on the cake.' Dodgers recall muted celebration of 2020 title.

LOS ANGELES — Ask the Dodgers what they did to celebrate their 2020 World Series championship, and everyone will offer a similar answer. "Nothing," pitching coach Mark Prior answered. "Definitely not how you would anticipate it," pitcher Clayton Kershaw said. "I wouldn't say it was anticlimactic," manager Dave Roberts said, "but in a sense it was." "It was just like it happened, and then it ...
Los Angeles Dodgers players celebrate the World Championship against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 6 of the World Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.

LOS ANGELES — Ask the Dodgers what they did to celebrate their 2020 World Series championship, and everyone will offer a similar answer.

"Nothing," pitching coach Mark Prior answered.

"Definitely not how you would anticipate it," pitcher Clayton Kershaw said.

"I wouldn't say it was anticlimactic," manager Dave Roberts said, "but in a sense it was."

"It was just like it happened, and then it was over," third baseman Max Muncy added. "We never really got to celebrate."

For years leading up to that victorious night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, the club dreamed of how winning a World Series would feel.

"You put so much time into it," said outfielder Chris Taylor, one of many players and staff to encounter previous close calls and postseason disappointments. "You always envision what it's gonna be like when you win."

A big part of those fantasies focused on the celebration. The champagne showers. The

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