{"id":428660,"date":"2025-12-06T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428660\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T11:14:16","slug":"dodgers-freddie-freeman-gets-trolled-by-toronto-kids-in-this-ryan-reynolds-holiday-fundraiser-video-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428660\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers\u2019 Freddie Freeman gets trolled by Toronto kids in this Ryan Reynolds\u2019 Holiday fundraiser video \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are baseball<\/a> laughs, and then there are Canadian baseball laughs \u2014 the kind that land like a snowball to the face and still somehow simultaneously warm your heart.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s holiday season delivered one of those moments, starring Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> first baseman Freddie Freeman<\/a>, a trio of fearless Toronto kids, and Hollywood\u2019s favorite mischief-maker, Ryan Reynolds,<\/a> all coming together for the A-list actor\u2019s annual SickKids Foundation fundraiser. And if you never expected to hear children call Freeman a \u201choser,\u201d well\u2026 welcome to the video you didn\u2019t know you needed.<\/p>\n

The setup unfolds inside Toronto\u2019s Hospital for Sick Children, where Reynolds \u2014 wrapped in his now-iconic Ugly Christmas Sweater<\/a> \u2014 introduces Freeman as \u201cthe pride of Ontario\u2026 and Los Angeles.\u201d It\u2019s a line dripping with affection, geography, and just enough sarcasm to make a Canadian nod with approval.<\/p>\n

But the kids? They weren\u2019t buying any of it.<\/p>\n

The moment Freeman steps into the room, three young Blue Jays fans rise up like a tiny, unfiltered jury of the North. They boo him with the conviction of a fan base still stinging from the gut-wrenching result of the 2025 Fall Classic when the Dodgers knocked off the Blue Jays in the World Series. And then one little girl, clutching her fandom like a fastball, delivers the line heard \u2019round the holidays:<\/p>\n

\u201cGo back to your sunshine and traffic, you hoser!\u201d<\/p>\n

It hangs in the air like a breaking ball, perfect and mean and hilarious. Even Freeman can\u2019t help but grin as the kids chase him out chanting, \u201cLet\u2019s go Blue Jays!\u201d It\u2019s the kind of harmless trolling that feels stitched straight out of a winter sitcom \u2014 and yet, underneath it all, there\u2019s real heart.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Reynolds does best. He turns comedy into connection. He takes a moment of silliness and roots it in something bigger: compassion, community, the kind of giving that echoes far beyond a punchline.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is the seventh straight year Reynolds has used his charm, humor, and increasingly legendary sweater to boost SickKids\u2019 holiday campaign, following past collaborations with Seth Rogen, Michael Bubl\u00e9, Lynda Carter, Deadpool, and Kidpool. This time around, his choice of partner \u2014 a three-time World Series champion with Canadian roots \u2014 made the roast feel like family business.<\/p>\n

Freeman, whose parents were both born in Canada and who once suited up for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic, didn\u2019t hesitate. His adopted city of Los Angeles may shine a little brighter, but his heart carries the quiet dignity of the north. And in this video, that meant letting Toronto\u2019s smallest superfans dunk on him for charity.<\/p>\n

The payoff is more than laughs. This year\u2019s SickKids \u201cSweater Love\u201d campaign raises money for life-changing equipment at the Toronto hospital. And thanks to an anonymous donor, every one-time gift made before midnight on December 24 will be matched \u2014 up to $1 million.<\/p>\n

Ryan Reynolds calls it a tradition. Freddie Freeman calls it fun. But for the kids at SickKids<\/a>, this campaign means something deeper \u2014 a lifeline disguised as a laugh.<\/p>\n

And in this holiday moment, that\u2019s the only victory that matters.<\/p>\n

So get on over to SickKidsSweaterLove.ca<\/a> and donate today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are baseball laughs, and then there are Canadian baseball laughs \u2014 the kind that land like a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":428661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,2502,5337,1266],"class_list":{"0":"post-428660","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115672335460929362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}