New Shohei Ohtani clip reignites Blue Jays anger

The Dodgers rolled Toronto 14-2 at Rogers Centre, and Ohtani sat right in the middle of the noise. He homered, the Dodgers piled on, and the Blue Jays walked off with their losing streak stretched to 5 games.

That would have been enough on its own. Then came the social clip, which only poured more fuel on a fan base already fed up with how flat this Blue Jays stretch has looked.

This reaction is not really about one swing or one celebration. It is about timing. Toronto is 4-6, the offence has looked thin too often, and now the player the franchise once chased is back in the middle of another ugly Dodgers night.

Ohtani's baseball side of this is easy to understand. He has been one of the sport's biggest stars for years, and Monday's game gave him another spotlight moment in a series that already had plenty of buzz.

The Blue Jays side is where it gets sharper. Fans are not just watching Ohtani hit and celebrate. They are watching him do it while Toronto keeps giving away momentum early in the season.

And that history still sits there. Ohtani's near-miss with Toronto in free agency remains part of the background every time he shows up against the Blue Jays, so any extra swagger is going to land louder here than it would in most parks.

The clip that upset people works because the Dodgers know exactly what Ohtani represents in this market. He is a superstar Toronto wanted, a star Los Angeles landed, and a reminder of the gap fans still feel when the Blue Jays look overmatched.

Ohtani went onto the mound after shaking his teammates hands, goofing around which had fans quite upset online.

This is also what happens when a loss gets away from a club. Dalton Rushing had a huge night, Freddie Freeman went deep, and the Dodgers turned a tight game into a rout by the late innings.

So yes, some of the anger is aimed at Ohtani's antics. But the bigger issue is that the Blue Jays gave fans another night where the other dugout looked looser, louder, and far more dangerous.

That is why this one stuck. Ohtani did what stars do. The Blue Jays, once again, gave their fans too little to answer with.