World Series Champion and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Will Klein joins Gem Mint & Authentic to talk baseball, collecting, and what life is really like inside a Major League clubhouse.

Will shares how he started collecting Pokémon and sports cards as a kid, what it felt like to see himself on a baseball card for the first time, and why he now collects everything from teammates and legends to soccer, Marvel, Disney and Star Wars.

He also takes us inside the Dodgers clubhouse, including what it’s like playing alongside Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts and Kiké Hernández. Will even tells the story of being too nervous to ask Ohtani for an autograph before eventually becoming his teammate.
Plus, Will talks about his World Series experience, pitching deep into an 18-inning game, the preparation and attention to detail that separates the best players in baseball, his own cards he’s still hunting, and why being a professional athlete hasn’t changed his love for the hobby.
And, of course, Jeff Garlin has plenty to say about Ohtani, vintage cards, modern prospecting, baseball movies and just about everything else.
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