Kiké Hernández rant, Mookie Betts promise highlight Dodgers' World Series celebration

On Friday afternoon, the Dodgers pulled into Dodger Stadium to a packed house after their parade through downtown LA, their first since 1988. Joe Davis and Stephen Nelson opened the ceremonies before Ice Cube came out for a performance of "It Was a Good Day," and the team took the field to the sound of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," which has become a rallying cry for them this year.

After a few words from Stan Kasten (who got booed by the Dodger faithful), the mic got passed around to the players.

Walker Buehler, wearing Orel Hershiser's game-worn jersey from the 1988 World Series, opened things up, and he kept his remarks brief: "We're the World f—ing Champions, motherf—er!"

Someone probably should've kept an F-bomb count, because too many of them were dropped on live TV to keep track of without a running tally.

The mic went from player to player, with notable stops at a tearful Teoscar Hernández; a grateful Freddie Freeman, who thanked the crowd for lifting him up after his son Max's Guillain-Barré diagnosis; and a (again, tearful) Clayton Kershaw, who eliminated any doubt that he'd be back for 2025 by a concluding, "Dodger for life!"

And, of course, Kiké Hernández — a master of ceremonies if there ever was one — brought the house down. He actually avoided cursing this time, but he let the crowd say it for him.

Kiké Hernández, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani speak at Dodger Stadium during World Series celebration

Hernández couldn't help but take a shot at the Fat Joe performance that opened Game 3 at Yankee Stadium, saying "This guy used to be fat. He's not fat anymore. His name is Joe. We didn't need to play because after that performance, we had already won."

Mookie Betts, though much more subdued than Hernández, got perhaps the biggest reaction out of the crowd at the stadium when he held up his right hand and said, "I got three. I'm trying to fill this hand up, LA."

An incredibly reluctant Shohei Ohtani was pushed to center stage by his teammates, and he got a huge roar out of the crowd when he said, in English, "This is such a special moment for me. I'm so honored to be here and to be part of this team. Congratulations, Los Angeles."

Max Muncy passed off some of his time to Brent Honeywell, who coined the "save the dogs" motto this postseason, and Blake Treinen did the same for Daniel Hudson, who announced his retirement right after the team closed out the World Series.

We should probably expect to see at least a couple more of these over the next few years, but we can't see it getting old.