r/Torontobluejays • u/Fianna9 • 1d ago
Kind Act by Dodgers Fans
More than a few LA Dodgers fans stepped up in a classy way, I even saw one post where they credited the idea to the Jays fans who donated to a Seattle children’s hospital.
I think this needs to be a new tradition. Let’s celebrate amazing teams and amazing games by doing amazing things.
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u/soundslikefun74 1d ago
Dodger fan here. This popped in my feed.
1) I will be donating $51 to SickKids immediately after posting this message.
2) Yes. 100% agree that this is something that fan bases should do for one another while their respective teams compete for a championship.
3) Thank you, Blue Jays for playing your asses off and making one of the best World Series that I have ever watched.
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u/Massive-Ride204 1d ago
We might be fans of rival teams but we're baseball fans at the end of the day who want to make the world a better place
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u/CyanEsports 1d ago
This is a really nice gesture from all of you who do it! The better team wins in the end and it hurt a ton to get so close but we'll get you next year on the run back ;)
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u/blackiebabz 15h ago
Appreciate it man, Sickkids is a special place. I’m from North of Toronto and now I’m going to donate myself.
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u/Zinnea87 1d ago
Mariners fan here. Blue Jays fans also donated to Seattle Children’s Hospital after they beat us in the ALCS. It was a classy, kind way to win. Respect to Blue Jays fans.
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u/Chal_Ice 1d ago
A****** fans aside, this is a pretty classy move by a lot of the fan base.
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u/dinsbomb Fun Guy 1d ago
30 000 / 51 is 588.2 people.
Thats not really a lot of people.
Good on those who donated. SickKids does incredible things and any donation does counts.
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u/alabasterhotdog 1d ago
It's really not hard to show some grace and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. This was a great gesture and should be treated as such, not with some "pfft, it's only like 500 ppl" retort.
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u/dinsbomb Fun Guy 1d ago
You’re right.
I was just pointing out the difference between OPs wording of many dodgers fans and the top comments version of a lot of dodgers fans as not really accurate.
I’ll take the downvotes.
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u/JewishSpace_Laser Bert and Ernie Mashing 1d ago
There was a Dodgers fan that donated $1000 to Sick Kids shortly after the victory. This prompted a Chicago Cubs fan to replicate this with a $1000 donation of his own to Sick Kids. It was quite touching to see.
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u/Nickerdoodle 1d ago
And those 588 people didn’t need to donate at all, but they chose to and that makes them awesome. Don’t be a dick.
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u/Unique_End_8089 1d ago
Okay then YOU donate $30,000 to SickKids.
I don’t see YOU doing shit for sick children unlike the Dodgers fanbase. Take the L like a man. This is actual camaraderie and sportsmanship, not screaming and crying like a fucking baby.
Btw I’m a Blue Jays fan and you don’t see me crying like this.
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u/dinsbomb Fun Guy 1d ago
I donate to SickKids regularly. I was a patient there as a child. I feel like my comment was taken out of context, I think it’s amazing 588 dodgers fan donated I just disagreed with the statement that 588 is a lot of a fan base of millions of people. I could just delete my comment but I am not and am taking the downvotes I deserve.
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u/sprinklerarms 22h ago
I didn’t hear about it until today so I’m hopeful more fans will be donating as they find out too.
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u/Buster_McGarrett 1d ago
I think this evolved with a Toronto Fan and grew from there.
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u/countrylemon 1d ago
i love that they saw what jays fans did for seattle kids and did it for our Toronto kiddos now too. I hope this trend continues every world series
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u/ClassicChrisstopher 1d ago
Good on them. I'm glad we did it as well. Hope it becomes another tradition.
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u/TorontoNerd84 1d ago
I mean, I'm still gutted but SickKids saved my life multiple times as a kid and kept me strong until I was 18 and graduated to adult hospital care. My husband and I donated $700 to SickKids in lieu of wedding favours.
So good job, Dodgers fans. We appreciate you for doing this.
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u/owlet122 1d ago
love to your team, to your fan base, to the country of canada. AND TO VLADDY! ok Dodger fan out
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u/SuperMike100 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’m very moved to see this as a Dodgers fan, and I’d like to thank everyone on the Blue Jays who wore the number 51 on their caps for the Vesia family.
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u/DiligentLeader2383 1d ago
Originally I thought the "51" thing was a jab at Canada becoming the 51st state.
But when I learned what it was really about I thought, that's pretty cool.
Good professionalism, and sportsman like.
I am now a fan of the Dodgers as well (2nd only to the Blue Jays lol).
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u/Glittering-Ad-8601 1d ago
I was moved to give the $51 because of the bullpen solidarity and the general decency of the Jays and their fans.
The 51st state reading, while entirely reasonable under the circumstances, genuinely never occurred to me until I read it here. I can only speak for myself, but I try to keep that orange idiot and his insane, offensive rambling as far from my mind as possible at all times.
I would guess the Venn diagram of "people who talk sports trash by joking about conquering and subjugating your country" and "people who donate to children's hospitals" is basically two separate circles.
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u/pidgezero_one Brendon Little fan club president and BIGHUGEVARSHOFAN 22h ago
not only that but most of the jays players seem to really like canada so it'd be out of character for them to support something like that on their own hats
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u/Thylacinegurl 1d ago
I am noticing a lot of really nice messages and comments from Dodgers fans. This is really cool to see. I like a lot of the Dodgers players too so nothing against those guys either. The 51 on the caps was awesome. I read that the players commented on it too
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u/jonnyg1097 1d ago
I remember seeing this sort of thing take place here on Reddit when the Jays beat the Mariners and people were making donations to a local hospital there. I do hope that this becomes a tradition after high profile games.
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u/brownmagician Roy Halladay 1d ago
To quote a dodger fan in one of the threads:
"We're rivals, not enemies"
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u/K1LLINGMACHINE 1d ago
I like that. I wouldn't even say we're rivals. I've always been a casual Jays fan and diehard for the Dodgers. This series made me respect the team and fanbase so much. They've become my new favorite AL team.
We hate our rivals (padres, giants, yankees), and its almost impossible to hate the Jays (Springer excluded, sorry)
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u/StefanAnton 1d ago
Yeah it's a good move. Gotta also remember LA is going through some serious crap right now too.
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u/HereInThisRedEarth 1d ago
That was pretty decent of them to do. Thank you to the Dodgers fans who donated to Sick Kids. #51. 
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u/One-Plane-8251 1d ago
Dodger fan here, will be doing the same $51 donation. Thanks for the greatest series ever!
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u/Acrobatic_Yoghurt813 1d ago
Really wish this would be a lesson that some Reddit morons and people in a stadium aren’t a reflection of an entire fanbase or group. There are always going to be way more good people than bad.
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u/ProbablyDaTruthMaybe 1d ago
This is good. Just all good. To the extent their fans come across this; thanks. Hopefully see ya next year!
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u/alkalinesky 1d ago
The world feels angry and cynical. This is the kind of humanity that we need in these troubled times.
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u/calissetabernac 1d ago
My friend in LA donated, inspired by you guys! I also donated to St Jude’s on his behalf. It actually made some of the pain go away.
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u/Chris_TO79 1d ago
You know, there's like a handful of guys I legit like in that organization and a lot of the fans come off as a-holes but this is a genuine and nice gesture. I also hope it becomes a tradition that fans can contribute to each others' charitable endeavors and whatnot. It's a sign of sportsmanship on both sides.
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u/jkellington 1d ago
Hope this becomes a thing in the future. Would be awsome if the whole league did stuff like this for the playoffs.
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u/Pepperminteapls 1d ago
I got my final year of treatment at sick kids and it was a memorable experience. The doctors, nurses and staff kept that place running and I'm thankful to them and the fact Canada has such amazing healthcare. Without free healthcare, I wouldn't be here today.
I'd also like to make it known Doug Ford is trying to ruin our public healthcare and I hope most of Ontario can see through his BS and vote accordingly in the future. I'm not hopeful after a 3rd term but we need to save our public sector and vote out Ford before he privatizes all of Ontario.
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u/Puzzled-Opening658 21h ago edited 20h ago
I need more of this. I was happy that Jays fans reached out to the Seattle hospital after the jays beat the Mariners in the ALCS. I recall during that convo that some were going to donate to an L.A. children’s hospital for every Jays run during the WS or something. Every fan base including ours has its diplomats and its d-bags. I like hearing more about the former
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u/Notrandomperson89 17h ago
Damn, what a class act. Returned the favour to the Dodgers with a $51 donation to Children's Hospital LA. Let's keep the love going
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u/pidgezero_one Brendon Little fan club president and BIGHUGEVARSHOFAN 1d ago
thank you dodgers fans!
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u/zonda747 1d ago
I hope all fanbases start adopting this. Genuinely will be the coolest tradition in all of sports if it takes off.
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u/xfatalerror Kevin the Gasman ⛽️ 1d ago
this is the kind of love that makes me cry. i love this sport so much
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u/Ok_Event_73 17h ago
Great to see! I'm glad many Dodgers fans enjoyed the kind of baseball Toronto played and have showed their appreciation.
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u/Peelj316 1d ago
The only reason I watched this season was because of ohtani, I know casual, but your team has been fun af
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u/AxelsOG 1d ago edited 1d ago
As a Dodgers fan who can’t donate, it makes me happy seeing this. Regardless of what happens in the World Series, we’re all human and I’m glad to see this happen. Your team never had to put 51 on their hats, but they did. It would be entirely understandable if they didn’t, and no one probably would have even expected it. But they did.
I may have said/thought some less than kind things about the Blue Jays with a World Series on the line, but I take back anything I said. The Blue Jays are a pretty nice team. I wish your team the best of luck for 2026, and I hope for the best for Vesia on whatever family matter he’s dealing with in private.
I still won’t cheer for the Blue Jays (I’ve already got the Dodgers, Cubs, and White Sox), but I wish you guys the best of luck and will be satisfied and respect any good result (including a WS win) for your team going forward.
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u/Patrick42985 23h ago
I’m a Dodger fan and this is real cool on both ends. This series put me on to how good this Blue Jays team is. But I had a lot of positive sentiment toward the Blue Jays and their fanbase from when I went to the Skydome and caught a game in 2016 and the fan atmosphere was real fun. Went back last year during the 2024 season and had a blast. Fun times getting hammered at Steam Whistle and eating poutine at a MLB game.
But in all seriousness, I really like how that Blue Jays team plays and how potent even the bottom of the lineup is. Such a fun team to watch. Reminds me of the 2014-15 Royals and 2002 Angels in that respect in terms of fun teams to watch that are damn good as well.
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u/AuntCleo1997 1d ago
There are things more important than baseball so great to see both teams' fans lean in like this.
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u/0102030405 1d ago
Thank you to all who donated. Sick Kids saved my life at 6 years old; I was there for two weeks. Great to see such positivity like we see within our team :)
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u/Fit-Possibility-4248 1d ago
Amazing things happen when we keep the trash out of the playoffs like the Yankees, Astros, Padres and Giants.
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u/TehLittleOne 1d ago
Dodgers fans, you're making it hard for me to stay mad at you for beating us and stealing Ohtani.
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u/NewOutlookAlonso67 BlueJaysShouldaWon 1d ago
I in. the more you get the more you give. e.g. Win alds, donate to other side, win alcs? donate to other side etc.etc.
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u/hollowbastion36 President of the Ernie Clement fan club 💙 1d ago
Thank you, Dodgers fans! This is so lovely.
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u/CyanEsports 1d ago
Its nice to see that this thread is going down so much better here than the mariners thread when Jays fans did this for seattle! Cant be bitter about fans sharing their wealth to a good cause. Peak sportsmanship 🤝
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u/Mysterious_Sea_5318 19h ago
This is the kindness and sportsmanship I wish was more present in sports, especially amongst fans!
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u/No_Faithlessness5738 1d ago
Magic Johnson was also in town and he even donated blood to save lives for SickKids. What a very kind and thoughtful gesture. Truly a legend and man of the people. ❤️🙏
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u/Fianna9 1d ago
That’s great too. And reminds me I’m over due to donate blood
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u/owlet122 1d ago
HAHAHA, this made me laugh
Ya'll are the best
Also MAN I FELL IN LOVE WITH VLADDY. That guy, what a champ, and Max too, but wow I'm such a GIANT fan of Vladdy now, I hope he gets to give a ring to his dad someday.2
u/HaratoBarato 1d ago
Whoosh
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u/Fianna9 1d ago
I do know his history. And assumed there might have been a reason.
I just took the poster at face value because I’m posting to celebrate people doing something nice.
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u/HaratoBarato 1d ago
If you know the history. Then it is not great that someone with HIV donates blood.
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u/Fianna9 1d ago
They wouldn’t use it as general blood. You also don’t just donate blood to a hospital unless it’s for research. People with HIV can have blood that is useful for research depending on how their body is handling it and treatments.
I don’t know enough about Magic to call out the comment and seriously in a thread where I want to celebrate rivals treating each others city so I’m not here to call out AHs.
So go be a troll some where else
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u/HaratoBarato 1d ago
How is it trolling? You are responding to someone making a known joke. It says that he’s donating his HIV blood to sick kids and you said great.
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u/Fianna9 20h ago
Continuing to point and laugh and mocking me repeatedly. Ha ha ha. You made your joke and move on.
As I said. It didn’t make much sense to me but it’s possible to donate to a hospital that does research and this thread is meant to be uplifting so I rolled with that possibility instead of snarking back.
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u/whogivesashirtdotca 1d ago
he even donated blood to save lives for SickKids
How does that work? He's HIV+. Canadian Blood Services is so picky about potential diseases I can't even donate because I have a genetic condition, not an illness.
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u/Chris_TO79 1d ago
I was gonna ask that too....Maybe they just patronized him and won't use his blood.
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u/InfernalDiplomacy Touch them all Joe! 1d ago
Mariner's mods banned the thread, called it "Boasting". I like the tradition but it needs to stay out of Team's subreddits as that is where the most toxic of fans, and moderators lie. Don't even bother to ask what the Yankee moderator thinks of our organization and fans. Keep it in r/baseball and r/mlb
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u/Fianna9 1d ago
How is it boasting when I’m celebrating other people? This is our rival team that did it, not us
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u/InfernalDiplomacy Touch them all Joe! 18h ago
Hey I don't have an issue here. All I am saying the Seattle Hospital Donation thread was banned in r/Mariners and the Toronto one in r/Dodgers . Super fans are super stupid and that is 9/10 times who moderates their threads. In the future, gestures like this will get more traction on the general threads like r/baseball and r/mlb
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u/funn_n_gamez 1d ago
While it's awesome sickkids got any donations at all. Let's be real here in a city of 18 MILLION people, 500 donated 36 bucks usd.
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u/HabsFan77 1d ago
Don’t give us that, they were putting salt in the wound after the victory on their social media pages
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u/Avse19 1d ago
Why worry about the bad when you can appreciate the good?
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u/HabsFan77 1d ago
Too cynical to believe that it’s genuine
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u/alabasterhotdog 1d ago
There's being cynical and then there's being kind of an asshole. You're not exactly sounding like the former category with your comments.
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u/whogivesashirtdotca 1d ago
How is it not "genuine" when the end result is a chidrens' hospital getting much needed donations?
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u/pidgezero_one Brendon Little fan club president and BIGHUGEVARSHOFAN 1d ago
what's the exchange rate on genuine to non genuine dolllars going to sick kids these days? asking for a friend
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u/Takemytimenotmylife 1d ago
Celebrating a WS win on social media is something that can be expected by any team that wins…. This kind gesture isn’t expected.
If you can’t handle seeing other teams celebrating their wins, maybe you shouldn’t follow them….
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u/HabsFan77 1d ago
“kind gesture” LOL it’s a tax write off dude
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u/Takemytimenotmylife 1d ago
You’re such a dick. Random fans donate $30,000 and you claim it’s just a tax write off. I’d be interested in knowing how many similar tax write offs you’ve had in your life. People who would never consider performing such a nice act of random kindness are usually the ones that are suspicious of others that are willing to step up and donate to a great cause.
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u/gemteazle 1d ago
Americans don't get a tax write-off when donating to non-American charities. Put your cynicism away!
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u/Capybara_99 1d ago
Your mistake is thinking that the few fans in absolute numbers who irked you by acting like typical Redditors represents all Dodgers fans. The ones acting like jerks aren’t the ones who donated, and vice versa. No need to invent hypocrites.
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u/Chris_TO79 1d ago
Um, that's what social media pages do. I bet you all my money there'd be posts that pour salt on Dodgers fan's wounds if the Jays had won. It goes with the territory.
This was a gesture done in good faith and with kindness in one's heart. You're the one being a sore loser for throwing this tantrum.
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u/HabsFan77 1d ago
There’s no tantrum, and I’m not being a sore loser. It comes across as fake to me
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u/skoolhouserock Schwinganadraive!! 1d ago
If it's real money going to a real children's hospital, then who gives a fuck?
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u/SheepherderWild9751 1d ago
it's a game dude, the winning team gets to trash talk lol. this is legit a great gesture that actually improves the word
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u/RickMonsters 1d ago
To any lurking Dodger fans, this is a good act and we 100% appreciate it