John Olerud TTM return

DanBessette

Got this in the mail today. I didn't record when I sent it, but I think it was October.



I think this looks fantastic! Eventually I think it'll reside in a red flip. Thanks Mr. Olerud!

jmaciu

Congrats!! That is a cool card.

WhiteTornado

Nice

Dboneesq

Nice return Dan!

seebelow

he wore is trademark helmet while fielding too?

the card and sig look great. nice that he took a second to make it look good.

Ironmanfan

<< <i>he wore is trademark helmet while fielding too? >>



the fact that he wore it in the field made it his trademark...do you think if he only wore it while at bat, anyone would have given it special attention?

congrats on the addition.

IMF

skrezyna23

As an intelligent baseball fan, you have surely by now read or heard the famous and apocryphal story of Rickey Henderson renewing his acquaintance with John Olerud. If not, here’s the original tale, as told by ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian:

In spring training 1999, Rickey Henderson of the Mets was reunited with first baseman John Olerud, who had been his teammate with the Blue Jays six years earlier. As most people know, Olerud had an aneurysm in college, which required brain surgery. So to protect his head, he was allowed to wear a helmet in the field. As the story goes, Henderson was talking to Olerud one day, noticed the helmet and said “You know, when I played in Toronto, we had a guy who wore a helmet.”

“Rickey,” said Olerud, “that was me.”


Great card, Dan!

EAsports

I love a good Rickey story.

WhiteTornado

Before there was "Manny being Manny", we had "Rickey being Rickey".

dennis07

"He was known for wearing a batting helmet in the field as a precaution, since he had suffered a brain aneurysm while playing in college."
Info taken from Wikipedia.