Certainly seems like Washington Nationals players Javy Guerra, Brian Dozier, and Anibal Sanchez are enjoying themselves during the World Series festivities. While Dozier didn’t have too much game time in the championship series, he certainly made his mark in the postgame celebrations.

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By now, Kelyn Soong’s video of back-up second baseman Brian Dozier twerking shirtless while singing all the words to “Calma” after the Washington Nationals clinched a wild-card spot is basically cannon. Most of the following postseason victories included at least a taste of Dozier sans shirt crooning to the tune. And for folks who can’t get enough of that energy, this weekend’s celebration of the team’s World Series win gave us enough shirtless Dozier and his teammates to sate our needs over the off-season.

After the Nats returned from Houston on Thursday, the team appeared to lay low until Saturday’s parade. (One particular thing that needed some time to recover from partying was the trophy: During celebrations right after game night, it lost some of the pennants around its base, and creators Tiffany & Company flew out a silversmith to fix it before the parade.) Thousands of people in Nats gear took to the streets for the chance to watch the players celebrate and hoist the now-healed Commissioner’s Trophy high. (And no, outfielder Adam Eaton wasn’t actually in a secure bunker as the designated survivor.)

Festivities began with this iconic shot in front of the Washington Monument of first baseman Ryan Zimmerman.

Watch starting pitcher Max Scherzer, on top of a vehicle with a wrestling belt (?), chugging a beer amid loud cheers from the crowd:

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Turns out, shortstop Trea Turner can catch beers as well as balls.

General Manager Mike Rizzo spent most of the parade chomping on a cigar.

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As to be expected, relief pitcher Sean Doolittle had his lightsaber.

Here’s a rare image of Dozier in a shirt, singing with Telemundo sports anchor Moises Linares.

Here, too, Dozier is wearing all of his clothes as he answers a question from Nats broadcaster Dan Kolko.

But for most of the parade, Dozier was shirtless.

Indeed, it seemed he only put on his shirt at the rally so he could take it off again when “Calma” played.

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While Dozier’s short speech (“My wife’s gonna kill me”) wasn’t exactly a tearjerker, other Nats brought the emotion.

Outfielder Howie Kendrick said that this “city taught me to love baseball again,” noting that he thought about retiring before joining the team. He was one of many that noted the unique group of guys. “Everybody gave up on us early but we kept fighting,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of bulldogs in this locker room. We got a lot of puppies, too.”

Juan Soto, the 21-year-old star outfielder, spoke about the mix of old and young players on the team. (Soto says he had his first-ever beer with his teammates after they won the World Series.)

Zimmerman, the first player drafted by the Nats, got choked up as he said, “Thank you to the city of D.C. You guys have been great. You guys are behind us all the time. Any time we go out to dinner, any time we’re walking on the streets, you guys have always been so supportive and so nice to us. I truly believe this is the best city to play sports in the world.”

Honestly, if you ever had any questions that Zimmerman was the team dad, this selfie on Kendrick’s phone ought to clear that up real quick.

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Many hours after the rally wrapped up, Scherzer and Dozier were spotted at a D.C. bar, with Scherzer blowing a whistle amidst the celebratory crowd.

The bar in questions was Penn Quarter Sports Tavern, per NBC Sports.

Sunday marked an evening of celebration for the team at a Washington Capitals game, a nice bit of bookending after the Nats hosted the Caps following their 2018 Stanley Cup victory. Indeed, the Caps’ epic, weekend-spanning bender left a high bar for any D.C. champions to meet. (Or, in the case of the Washington Mystics, many of whom had to ship out to play in another league after the end of the WNBA season, they simply didn’t have a chance to try or to get a parade right after their victory.)

Even before the hockey game began, Eaton channeled Caps right winger T.J. Oshie by chugging a beer straight through his jersey. (It wouldn’t be Eaton’s only Oshie chug of the evening, and Oshie did it after the game, too.)

And Zimmerman announced the starting line-up for the Caps, thanking the team for its support.

From the suite, Nats players were dancing, guzzling beer, and, at one point, pouring brews down to fans seated below.

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There was “Baby Shark.”

In the second intermission, Caps player Evgeny Kuznetsov noted that the Nationals in attendance “look pretty sober, you know? When we were in their situation, I pretty much do not remember anything and that’s the fun stuff.”

Right after that, a bunch of Nats players rode around in the Zamboni and took their shirts off, seeming to disprove some of Kuznetsov’s observations.

When the team returned to the luxury box, many of the players opted to keep their shirts off.

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After the game ended in a Caps victory, the two teams continued to party, including a rousing round of “We Are The Champions.”

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By around midnight, the Nats had taken to the ice.

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One thing we’ve yet to see from the baseball players is a team-wide dip in D.C.’s fountains, as the Caps famously did in Georgetown. To be fair to the Nats, though, this weekend marked the season’s first hypothermia alert, so the fountain temperatures were likely less inviting than the water was in June, when the Caps won.

But perhaps some cold water would help the team sober up. After all, the Nationals, Doolittle aside, are headed to the White House today to meet the president.

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