Freddie Freeman may be proud of his Canadian roots and keen to display them when playing in the World Baseball Classic but was his participation in a celebrity production for a terrific Toronto charity a little too soon?

In a hilarious, all-in-good-fun video created and produced by Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, the Los Angeles Dodgers all-star first baseman is roundly jeered by a handful of Canadian children who are part of Toronto SickKids patient ambassadors program.

Freeman was Reynolds’ celebrity guest in his annual Ugly Christmas Sweater video, which supports the Toronto SickKids Foundation, a key fundraiser for the hospital over the holiday season.

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In the video, Freeman receives some mock grief from a handful of SickKids

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