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| Height: 6-5
Weight: 225
Throws: Left
Bats: Left Born: Aug 5, 1968, Seattle, WA |
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December 8, 2004 John Olerud has seen his tenure with the Yankees end, since they didn't offer him arbitration, according to the New York Times. |
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October 19, 2004 John Olerud still isn't able to play through his bruised left instep, but he's off crutches and is showing considerable improvement, according to Newsday. |
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October 18, 2004 John Olerud was unable to play through his bruised instep yesterday, according to the New York Daily News. He was on crutches after the game, so it appears unlikely that he would be able to play today. |
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October 17, 2004 The New York Daily News reports that John Olerud left last night's game in the sixth inning with a bruised instep. X-rays were negative, but he wasn't sure if he would be able to play through the injury on Sunday in Game 4. "As far as they can tell, it's going to be a bad bruise," Olerud said. |
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August 4, 2004 John Olerud started at first base and batted eighth in his debut with the Yankees on Wednesday night. He was 2-for-5 with two RBI. |
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August 4, 2004 John Olerud will make his first start at first base for the Yankees today, according to the New York Daily News. |
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August 3, 2004 The Yankees have officially signed John Olerud to a contract, and he's expected to be the team's starting first baseman until Jason Giambi returns from his illness. Olerud was batting just .245 with five home runs and 22 RBI in 78 games with the Mariners this season before being released last month. |
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August 3, 2004 The Yankees are expected to announce the signing of John Olerud today, according to the New York Daily News. He will take over as the everyday starter at first base until Jason Giambi is healthy again. It's possible he'll take a brief trip to the minors to get back in the swing of things. GM Brian Cashman said he couldn't guarantee Olerud would stay with the team once Giambi returns. |
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August 1, 2004 The AP reports that the Yankees are close to signing John Olerud. Joe Torre said that Olerud might start out in the minors to get back into game shape. The Yanks apparently intend to give Olerud a chance to play first base ahead of Tony Clark, which seems silly since the two are basically the same player at this point, except that Clark switch-hits and has more power. |
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July 31, 2004 Yankees GM Brian Cashman said the club is close to signing John Olerud to a contract, according to the AP. The Mariners recently released the former AL batting champion. |
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July 29, 2004 The Yankees have contacted John Olerud about potentially filling their first base vacancy while Jason Giambi is out with his illness, according to the AP. |
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July 23, 2004 The Mariners officially released John Olerud on Friday, according to the AP. He was was hitting .245 with five homers and 22 RBI in 77 games this season. |
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July 21, 2004 The Braves and Padres have expressed interest in acquiring John Olerud from the Mariners, according to the Seattle Times. The Braves may need Olerud the most, as they're seeking a good defensive first baseman to play late in games for rookie Adam LaRoche. Olerud has the ability to veto any trade if he does not like it. |
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July 15, 2004 The Mariners have designated John Olerud for assignment. |
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July 15, 2004 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that John Olerud will be moved off the Mariners roster today. He rejected a trade to the Giants a couple of weeks ago by invoking his no-trade clause. The Mariners are prepared to simply release him or designate him for assignment. |
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July 5, 2004 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that John Olerud recently denied to waive his no-trade clause after the Mariners had worked out a deal to send him out of town. |
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July 2, 2004 The Seattle Times reports that the Red Sox and Mariners are considering a trade that would send John Olerud to Boston. He's in the last year of his contract and thus has become trade bait. |
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June 18, 2004 John Olerud has some fluid on his knee but plans to keep playing, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. |
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April 10, 2004 John Olerud may not start today so that the Mariners can get Jolbert Cabrera into the lineup for a game. It\'s also possible that Olerud will shift to DH and give Edgar Martinez a day off. |
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March 15, 2004 The Seattle Times reports that John Olerud considers himself "on the fence" about whether he will retire when his contract exprires after this season, but he won\'t decided until the season wraps up. |
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March 9, 2004 John Olerud batted second on Monday in a spring training experiment that had been expected. Olerud may be moved there permanently this season, though it\'s just as likely that he\'ll stay near the middle of the order. |
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February 29, 2004 The Seattle Times reports that the Mariners will experiment with John Olerud hitting second in a few Cactus League games. |
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January 27, 2004 The Mariners are considering moving John Olerud to the No. 2 spot in the batting order this spring as part of an experiment with Ichiro Suzuki in the No. 3 spot, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The M\'s could easily decide to keep Olerud in the second spot even if Ichiro remains the leadoff hitter. |