Dodgers Joe Kelly Traded His Glove to a Fan For a Shohei Ohtani Bobblehead

Turns out, it’s not only fans going after Shohei Ohtani bobbleheads.

The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted Shohei Ohtani bobblehead night last week, which gave the first 40,000 fans at Dodger Stadium the chance to get a highly coveted Ohtani bobblehead. There was so much excitement for the bobbleheads that a huge line emerged outside Dodger Stadium more than eight hours before the start of the game.

Along with the fans, Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly became interested in obtaining a gold Shohei Ohtani bobblehead. Thinking there were only a limited amount of the gold version of the collectible, Kelly gave up one of his gloves for a gold bobblehead, only for the entire team to get the gold bobblehead shortly after.

Teammate Blake Treinen recounted the story on Foul Territory.

“Joe Kelly had his son, Knox, at the field that day,” Treinen said. “Some guy was showing his gold Shohei bobblehead and said, ‘Joe, I’ll trade you a bobblehead for a glove.” So Joe threw his game glove up there thinking he got one of maybe five gold bobbleheads because we already had our bobbleheads in the clubhouse and they weren’t gold.”

Treinen continued: “Joe thought he was making out with a good deal. Next thing you know we get back after stretching and we all have gold bobbleheads in our locker. It was crazy the prices those gold bobbleheads were trying to be sold for, upwards of 15 grand … So Joe thought he did a good thing for his son, ‘hey I got a college fund for him.’ He gave away his glove for nothing.”

Kelly did not end up getting his glove back, but he now has two gold Ohtani bobbleheads. Kelly is currently on the injured list due to a shoulder injury.

When healthy, Kelly has pitched a 5.20 ERA and 30 strikeouts across 31 games. Treinen holds a 2.45 ERA, 44 strikeouts, and one save over 40 games this year.

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