A GoFundMe page purportedly belonging to “Thumbs Down Guy” Gary Dunaier was launched recently in an effort to raise money for medical bills.
“I’m Gary Dunaier, better known as “Thumbs Down Guy” of baseball and meme fame,” the page reads.
“I’m the Mets fan who, when a Yankee player hit a home run in my team’s ballpark, expressed my disapproval with a stone face expression and a thumbs down gesture.
“My gesture immediately became a meme, which is still used all over the world to this day,” Dunaier adds. “The Yankees saw it and adopted my thumbs-down as a rally cry, running with it all the way to within one game of the World Series.