Olerud used to dream of days like this in his youth, playing catch with Carr or taking batting practice with John Sr., frequently in the Bennett Elementary School gym.

PEORIA, Ariz. -- When John Olerud finished the 1999 season with the New York Mets, the baseball player in him thought staying in New York might be the right thing to do. At the same time, the ...

Meanwhile, the John Olerud legend continues to loom large. Since 2010, the College Baseball Hall of Fame has presented the John Olerud Award to the sport's best two-way player of the season.

We have already looked at Keith Hernandez, Mark McGwire, and Rafael Palmeiro. Today, we will look at Will Clark and John Olerud. Their candidacies are similar to Keith Hernandez in that they don ...

The daughter of former Mets and Yankees first baseman John Olerud has died at age 19. Jordan Olerud’s death was announced Sunday by Jay Horwitz, who ran public relations for the Mets during O… ...

The daughter of former Mets and Yankees infielder John Olerud has died following a lifelong battle with a rare chromosome disorder, according to Mets vice president of alumni relations Jay Horwitz.… ...

Former MLB All-Star John Olerud’s daughter has died after battling a rare disease since birth. Olerud’s daughter Jordan was born with a rare chromosomal disease. The Olerud family announced on ...

Gillick, meanwhile, met with the Olerud family seven times over the course of the summer, not to exert pressure to sign but to monitor John’s progress.

SEATTLE – Now it has been told – unfortunately much too late for the Mets to revise their strategy for luring John Olerud back. According to Olerud, if the decision had been left to Mrs… ...

The first thing John Olerud wants you to know is he's completely healthy. Nearly 30 years after headaches led doctors to find a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm, he is the same guy ...

Here is how great John Olerud was in college. Every week during practice, the Washington State baseball team ran the Ole (pronounced "Oh-lee") Drill. The beanpole underclassman would step into the ...